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City of Port Angeles

Serves Port Angeles, Clallam County, WA · 28,067 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for City of Port Angeles in the last ten years.

  • WA5368550
  • PORT ANGELES
  • WA
  • 28,067 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 98362
EPA system ID WA5368550

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • City of Port Angeles draws water from 1 surface water intake and 1 infiltration gallery.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Washington, February 2007.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,052 unknown out of 8,893 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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1979

EPA's records for City of Port Angeles go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 1
1990s 2 2
2000s 1 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began February 2001, Archived.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 2001 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1997 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1994 Archived

Enforcement actions

Washington regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Port Angeles in 2007. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 2007.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 6, 2007 Washington Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

City of Port Angeles draws water from 1 surface water intake and 1 infiltration gallery. 1 other community water system buys water from City of Port Angeles.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Port Angeles 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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