Community Water System · PWS WA5386470
Surfside Homeowners
Operator location Ocean Park, Washington - 48% of 27 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,687 served per SDWIS.
- 2,687
- People served (this PWS)
- 27
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 13
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Surfside Homeowners standing, mid SDWIS violation third
48% of 27 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 48% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,391 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Surfside Homeowners lands in the middle third by violation volume (27), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,687 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 48% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,391 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #290 of 766
- Population · WA
- 27
- Total EPA violations on record
- 48%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
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
- 2,082
- County
- Pacific
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 13
- Monitoring Violations
- 12
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 12 | 2015 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 2010 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 1 | 2005 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1979 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Surfside Homeowners has 27 recorded EPA violations, 39% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 60% carry more. 48% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 27), and it ranks #11,391 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
27 Lower than most fewer violations than 60% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Surfside Homeowners
13 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for WA5386470.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Washington State Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
27 violations · 2,687 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Surfside Homeowners
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Washington compares on the same EPA violation measures. Washington systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
- Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems
EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.