Orient, WA Tap Water Quality 2026

Water quality report for Orient, WA — PFAS, lead and copper results, violation history and state inspection findings from EPA SDWIS.

A look at Orient's drinking water using EPA enforcement records: violations, lead and copper results, PFAS sampling and state inspection findings.

Main Utility: Orient Water Company PWSID: WA5364300 Updated: 2026 Q2

✅

No federal limits exceeded on record

Lead is 5.00 ppb, 33% of the action level and no violations are open. PFAS has never been sampled at this system.

Orient earns a B for water quality

Graded on violations and lead, with state inspection findings. PFAS not tested.

Lead: 5.00 ppb — 33% of the federal action level

PFAS never sampled at this system

84 violations since 2015, 58 health-based

No violations currently open

Orient's lead level vs. all Washington community water systems

0 ppb5 ppb10 ppb15 ppb

Lead level: 5.00 ppb — 33% of the federal action level

✓ Lower lead than 14% of Washington utilities

Population Served

~53 connections

Water Source

Surface water

Drawn from surface water — SDWIS source code SW

Active Violations

84 since 2015, all resolved

Lead & Copper Testing

Lead (Pb)

90th percentile of tap samples collected across the distribution system

33% of EPA action level

5.00 ppb

Action level: 15 ppb

The 90th-percentile lead result is 5.00 ppb, 33% of the 15 ppb federal action level. The action level is a treatment trigger, not a legal maximum, and it is measured across sampled taps rather than at any single home.

Contaminant Violations (2015–Present)

Contaminant	Type	Measured	Limit	Period	Status
TTHM	MCL EXCEEDANCE	108.7 UG/L	0.080 mg/L	2026	Archived
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL EXCEEDANCE	110.13 UG/L	0.060 mg/L	2026	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2025	Addressed
TTHM	MCL EXCEEDANCE	112.93 UG/L	0.080 mg/L	2025	Archived
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL EXCEEDANCE	105.48 UG/L	0.060 mg/L	2025	Archived
TTHM	MCL EXCEEDANCE	119.88 UG/L	0.080 mg/L	2025	Archived
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL EXCEEDANCE	114.79 UG/L	0.060 mg/L	2025	Archived
TTHM	MCL EXCEEDANCE	125.76 UG/L	0.080 mg/L	2025	Archived
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL EXCEEDANCE	131.07 UG/L	0.060 mg/L	2025	Archived
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	—	2025	Resolved
TTHM	MCL EXCEEDANCE	136.85 UG/L	0.080 mg/L	2025	Archived
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL EXCEEDANCE	143.9 UG/L	0.060 mg/L	2025	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2024	Addressed
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2024	Addressed
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL EXCEEDANCE	145.3 UG/L	0.060 mg/L	2024	Archived
TTHM	MCL EXCEEDANCE	121.24 UG/L	0.080 mg/L	2024	Archived
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL EXCEEDANCE	134.07 UG/L	0.060 mg/L	2024	Archived
TTHM	MCL EXCEEDANCE	129.51 UG/L	0.080 mg/L	2024	Archived
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL EXCEEDANCE	141.0967 UG/L	0.060 mg/L	2024	Archived
Fluoride	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	4.0 mg/L	2023	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2023	Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2023	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2023	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	—	2023	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	—	2023	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	—	2022	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	—	2022	Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule	OTHER	—	—	2022	Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MONITORING FAILURE	—	—	2022	Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MONITORING FAILURE	—	—	2022	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	—	2022	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	—	2022	Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MONITORING FAILURE	—	—	2022	Resolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	0.060 mg/L	2022	Resolved
TTHM	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	0.080 mg/L	2022	Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MONITORING FAILURE	—	—	2022	Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MONITORING FAILURE	—	—	2022	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	—	2022	Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MONITORING FAILURE	—	—	2022	Resolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	0.060 mg/L	2022	Resolved
TTHM	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	0.080 mg/L	2022	Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MONITORING FAILURE	—	—	2021	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	—	2021	Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MONITORING FAILURE	—	—	2021	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	—	2021	Resolved
TTHM	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	0.080 mg/L	2021	Resolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MONITORING AND REPORTING	—	0.060 mg/L	2021	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2021	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2021	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2021	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2021	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2021	Addressed
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2021	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2021	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2020	Addressed
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2020	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2020	Addressed
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2020	Addressed
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2020	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2020	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2020	Addressed
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2020	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2020	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2020	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2019	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2019	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2019	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2019	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2019	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2018	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2018	Resolved
TTHM	MCL EXCEEDANCE	131.8 UG/L	0.080 mg/L	2018	Archived
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL EXCEEDANCE	139.7 UG/L	0.060 mg/L	2018	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2018	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2018	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2018	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2018	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2018	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2018	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2017	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2017	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2017	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2015	Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TREATMENT TECHNIQUE	—	—	2015	Resolved

Understanding violation types MCL violations mean a contaminant exceeded the federal maximum limit — the most serious type.
TT (Treatment Technique) violations mean required treatment procedures weren't followed, but don't necessarily mean contamination occurred.

Violation History

84 violations are on record since 2015, of which 58 were health-based. All have been resolved and none remain open.

About the Main Water System

Utility Orient Water Company

PWSID WA5364300

Water source Surface water — Drawn from surface water — SDWIS source code SW

Population served 46

Service connections 53

Systems serving this area 1

Regulator State primacy agency

Data through 2026 Q2 — EPA SDWIS

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Orient tap water safe to drink? ▼

No federal limit is exceeded on record. No violations are currently open. Lead is 5.00 ppb, 33% of the action level.

Does Orient water have PFAS? ▼

This system has never been sampled for PFAS. EPA's national monitoring covered systems serving 3,300 people or more, so no results exist — which is not evidence that none is present.

Who supplies water to Orient? ▼

Orient Water Company (PWSID WA5364300). Surface water. Drawn from surface water — SDWIS source code SW

When was this system last inspected? ▼

It was last inspected on 2023-12-07. No significant deficiencies were recorded.

What Should Orient Residents Do?

Consider a filter certified for lead

Look for NSF/ANSI 53 certification for lead reduction.

Check for a lead service line

Lead reaches tap water mainly through service lines and household plumbing. Suppliers now publish an inventory identifying lead lines.

Flush before drinking

If water has sat in pipes more than six hours, run the cold tap for two minutes before drinking or cooking.

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