Public water system record
City of Bellevue
Serves Bellevue, Medina, Clyde Hill and 1 more place, King County, WA · 321,349 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Bellevue in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- City of Bellevue buys its water from City of Redmond Water System, Coal Creek Utility District, Seattle Public Utilities and City of Kirkland.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Washington, May 1997.
- Record on file since 1991, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 9,739 unknown out of 40,476 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for City of Bellevue go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began January 1995, Archived.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1995 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1992 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Washington regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Bellevue in 1997. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in May 1997.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1997 | Washington | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
City of Bellevue buys its water from City of Redmond Water System, Coal Creek Utility District, Seattle Public Utilities and City of Kirkland. EPA also lists 4 wells, all for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use. 2 other community water systems buy water from City of Bellevue. 3 other public water systems have emergency connections to City of Bellevue.
Buys water from
- City of Redmond Water System Redmond, WA
- Coal Creek Utility District Newcastle, WA
- Seattle Public Utilities Seattle, WA
- City of Kirkland Kirkland, WA
Community systems that buy water from it
- City of Redmond Water System Redmond, WA
- Issaquah Water System Issaquah, WA
Annual water quality report
City of Bellevue must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Washington.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells