Public water system record
Spanaway Water Company
Serves Spanaway and Frederickson, Pierce County, WA · 31,908 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Spanaway Water Company 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
- 0
Key facts
- Spanaway Water Company draws water from 12 wells (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Washington, December 1993.
- Record on file since 1979, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 10,935 service lines.
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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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1979
EPA's records for Spanaway Water Company go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 3 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 1993, Archived.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1993 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1993 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1993 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Washington regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Spanaway Water Company in 1993. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in December 1993.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 1993 | Washington | Signed compliance agreement | 6 violations (3 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Spanaway Water Company draws water from 12 wells (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Lakewood Water District. It also has an emergency connection to City of Tacoma Water Division. 5 other public water systems have emergency connections to Spanaway Water Company.
Buys water from
- Lakewood Water District Lakewood, WA
Emergency or part-time connections to
- City of Tacoma Water Division Tacoma, WA
Annual water quality report
Spanaway Water Company 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.
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