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City of Port Townsend

Serves Port Townsend, Jefferson County, WA · 17,053 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Port Townsend in the last ten years.

  • WA5369000
  • PORT TOWNSEND
  • WA
  • 17,053 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 98368
EPA system ID WA5369000

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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 Port Townsend draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Washington, March 2014.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 5,204 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1979

EPA's records for City of Port Townsend go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 11 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 9
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began August 2013, Resolved.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 2013 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Washington regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Port Townsend in 2014. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2014.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 20, 2014 Washington Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

City of Port Townsend draws water from 2 surface water intakes. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to City of Port Townsend.

Annual water quality report

City of Port Townsend 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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