Community Water System · PWS WA5381400
South Auburn Water Association
Operator location Black Diamond, Washington - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 212 people served; 189 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 212
- People served (this PWS)
- 189
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
South Auburn Water Association standing, high SDWIS violation third
212 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
South Auburn Water Association sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (189), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (212; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 189
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 212
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 45
- County
- King
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 179
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 23 | 2004 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 11 | 2007 |
| Nitrate | MR | 8 | 2006 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Benzene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Toluene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Styrene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2018 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2005 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| Nickel | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 1 | 2005 |
| Picloram | MR | 1 | 2005 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
South Auburn Water Association has 189 recorded EPA violations, 84% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 15% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 189), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
189 Higher than most more violations than 84% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for South Auburn Water Association
EPA SDWIS lists 212 people served and 45 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Washington State Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
189 violations · 212 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
What to do with South Auburn Water Association
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