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Scatchet Head Water District

Serves an area of Island County, WA · 900 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Scatchet Head Water District in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • WA5376470
  • COUPEVILLE
  • WA
  • 900 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 98239
EPA system ID WA5376470

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
9

Key facts

  • Scatchet Head Water District draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 83.1 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit), 2021.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 78 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 83.1 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved No

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, 2025 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Feb 1, 2023 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1979

EPA's records for Scatchet Head Water District go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 1
1990s 4 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 4
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 1 6

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 1997, Archived.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 1997 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1997 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1996 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 1992 Archived

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

1 incident

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Scatchet Head Water District draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).

Annual water quality report

Scatchet Head Water District 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

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