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Centralia Public Works - Water

Serves an area of Lewis County, WA that includes Centralia and Fords Prairie · 28,164 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Centralia Public Works - Water in the last ten years.

  • WA5312200
  • CENTRALIA
  • WA
  • 28,164 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 98531
EPA system ID WA5312200

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Centralia Public Works - Water draws water from 15 wells (8 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Washington, December 1993.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 7,453 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 1979

EPA's records for Centralia Public Works - Water go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 6 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 1
1990s 1 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 3
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began January 1992, Archived.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1992 Archived

Enforcement actions

Washington regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Centralia Public Works - Water in 1993. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 1993.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 2, 1993 Washington Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

Centralia Public Works - Water draws water from 15 wells (8 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also has an emergency connection to Chehalis Water Department. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Centralia Public Works - Water.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Centralia Public Works - Water 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.

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Testing your own water

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