Public water system record
Garfield Water Department
Serves Garfield, Whitman County, WA · 694 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 15 monitoring/reporting issues for Garfield Water Department 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
- 15
Key facts
- Garfield Water Department draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, February 1996.
- Record on file since 1979, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
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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.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Oct 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Sep 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Sep 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
May 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Dec 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 1979
EPA's records for Garfield Water Department go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 11 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 8 |
| 2020s | 0 | 15 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 1995, Archived.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1995 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1994 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Garfield Water Department in 1996. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 1996.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 1996 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Garfield Water Department draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Garfield Water Department 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.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
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