Community Water System · PWS WA5395150
Western State Hospital
Operator location Port Orchard, Washington - 18% of 65 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 2,857 served per SDWIS.
- 2,857
- People served (this PWS)
- 65
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 12
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Western State Hospital standing, mid SDWIS violation third
18% of 65 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 18% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,985 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Western State Hospital lands in the middle third by violation volume (65), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,857 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 18% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,985 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #278 of 766
- Population · WA
- 65
- Total EPA violations on record
- 18%
- 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
- State
- Connections
- 532
- County
- Pierce
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 49
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 11 | 2004 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 8 | 2007 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 8 | 2007 |
| Diquat | MR | 7 | 2007 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2012 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Benzene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Styrene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MCL | 1 | 2020 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 2023 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Toluene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Western State Hospital has 65 recorded EPA violations, 63% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 36% carry more. 18% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 65), and it ranks #10,985 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)
65 Around the middle fewer violations than 36% 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 Western State Hospital
12 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for WA5395150.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Washington State Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
65 violations · 2,857 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 Western State Hospital
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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