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City of Tacoma Water Division

Serves Tacoma, University Place, Tehaleh and 12 more places, Pierce County, WA · 446,170 people served

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

  • WA5386800
  • TACOMA
  • WA
  • 446,170 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 98411
EPA system ID WA5386800

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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 Tacoma Water Division draws water from 32 wells, 1 surface water intake and 1 spring (31 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Washington, March 2014.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 114,107 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 Tacoma Water Division go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (9 resolved) and 8 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 1
1990s 0 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 9 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began November 2014, Resolved.

Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 2014 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 2014 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 2014 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 2014 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 2014 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 May 1, 2014 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 2014 Resolved

Enforcement actions

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

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 13, 2014 Washington Compliance order (no penalty) 8 violations (8 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

City of Tacoma Water Division draws water from 32 wells, 1 surface water intake and 1 spring (31 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 7 other community water systems buy water from City of Tacoma Water Division. 16 other public water systems have emergency, seasonal or other part-time connections to City of Tacoma Water Division.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Tacoma Water Division 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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