Community Water System · PWS WA53AA373
Bc Water Co
Operator location Kennewick, Washington - 52% of 29 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,262 served per SDWIS.
- 1,262
- People served (this PWS)
- 29
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 15
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Bc Water Co standing, mid SDWIS violation third
52% of 29 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 52% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #17,398 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Bc Water Co lands in the middle third by violation volume (29), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,262 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 52% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,398 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #457 of 766
- Population · WA
- 29
- Total EPA violations on record
- 52%
- 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
- 305
- County
- Benton
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 15
- Monitoring Violations
- 14
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MCL | 15 | 2016 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Nickel | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Nitrite | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 2005 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 2017 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Bc Water Co has 29 recorded EPA violations, 41% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 58% carry more. 52% of this system's own violations are health-based (15 of 29), and it ranks #17,398 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)
29 Lower than most fewer violations than 58% 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 Bc Water Co
15 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for WA53AA373.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Washington State Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
29 violations · 1,262 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 Bc Water Co
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
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