A Red operating permit category indicates that the water system is inadequate. This could result in building permits, on-site sewage disposal permits, food service permits, liquor licenses and other permits or licenses being denied for properties connected to or to be connected to the water system. In addition, lending institutions may choose not to finance loans associated with these properties.
The following water systems are currently operating under a red permit. Listed in date order, newest to oldest.
System Name: Bavarian Retreat HOA
Date Issued: 03/23/2023
County: Lewis
WSID: 04785
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Residential and recreational services
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 28
Reason: The system became a State Significant Non-Complier by failing to maintain the minimum residual disinfection concentration necessary to disinfect water from May 2022 to January 2023.
System Name: Andrus Water System
Date Issued: 08/08/2019
County: Spokane
WSID: 26280
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Agricultural
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 38
Reason: System has had numerous coliform monitoring violations and has not met the certified operator requirement.
System Name: Fourth of July Creek Estates
Date Issued: 02/27/2023
County: Ferry
WSID: 31989
Water System Type: Community
Water System Characteristic: Small community water system.
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 25
Reason: Out of compliance with Directives to monitor for coliform bacteria and hire a certified operator.
System Name: Blue Fox Drive In
Date Issued: 02/02/2023
County: Island
WSID: 07510B
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Residential, Commercial, Food Service/Food Permit
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 108
Reason: System has been classified as a state significant non-complier (SSNC) with drinking water regulations and the violation(s) have not been addressed.
System Name: Evergreen Mobile Homeowners Co-Op
Date Issued: 02/01/2023
County: Mason
WSID: 24154
Water System Type: Community
Water System Characteristic: Residential
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 110
Reason: The system was designated as a State Significant Non-Complier (SSNC) and issued an Order to Correct Violation (OCV) for treatment technique violations (TTV) of the Disinfection Treatment Rule.
System Name: Liars Cove
Date Issued: 01/31/2023
County: Okanogan
WSID: 47095
Water System Type: Non-transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: RV Park
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 73
Reason: Compromised SCA identified in 2018 SS. Mitigation project has never been completed.
System Name: Greenwood Mobile Home Park
Date Issued: 01/23/2023
County: Grays Harbor
WSID: 29816
Water System Type: Community
Water System Characteristic: Residential
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 240
Reason: State significant non-complier for lack of required certified operator.
System Name: Jafbro 2
Date Issued: 12/27/2022
County: Mason
WSID: AD789
Water System Type: Non-transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Residential, Other Non-Residential Services (Institutional, Industrial, Commercial, or Agriculture)
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 20
Reason: The system received a departmental order because it has not completed the mandatory public education for lead and has not submitted the required corrosion control recommendation.
System Name: Hi Point Housing
Date Issued: 09/09/2022
County: Franklin
WSID: AD259
Water System Type: Community
Water System Characteristic: Farmworker housing
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 96
Reason: System exceeding arsenic MCL. Failure to follow through with arsenic remediation.
System Name: Farm Boy Drive In
Date Issued: 08/22/2022
County: Thurston
WSID: 24645 P
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Restaurant
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 285
Reason: Failure to obtain the required certified operator.
System Name: Four Seasons Campground
Date Issued: 07/22/2022
County: Adams
WSID: 46661
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Resort and Campground
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 15
Reason: Out of compliance with Notice to Correct Violation to remediate high nitrate in the source.
System Name: Smith Road Water Association
Date Issued: 07/01/2022
County: Whatcom
WSID: 80550 6
Water System Type: Community
Water System Characteristic: Residential Association
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 74
Reason: State significant non complier due to lack of required certified operator.
System Name: Country Life Estates
Date Issued: 05/17/2022
County: Lewis
WSID: 90994
Water System Type: Community
Water System Characteristic: Residential
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 200
Reason: Water system became a State Significant Non-Complier for failure to submit timely disinfection treatment reports which was followed by a DOH order.
System Name: Wildaire Estates
Date Issued: 03/31/2022
County: Thurston
WSID: 96850
Water System Type: Community
Water System Characteristic: Community water system with disinfection required due to coliform issues in the source.
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 146
Reason: System is not keeping the required level of disinfectant concentration residual to ensure safe and reliable drinking water.
System Name: Marys 2 Warehouse Water System
Date Issued: 02/09/2022
County: Yakima
WSID: AD295 3
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Commercial
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 60
Reason: System is a state significant non-complier with the certified operator requirement and issues an Order to Correct Violation.
System Name: Red Rock Saloon
Date Issued: 11/29/2021
County: Okanogan
WSID: 27724 0
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Commercial, Food Service, Lodging
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 80
Reason: System is a state significant non-complier with the certified operator requirement and issued an Order to Correct Violation.
System Name: Valley Nut and Bolt
Date Issued: 11/16/2021
County: Thurston
WSID: AC014E
Water System Type: Non-transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: System is a business with 28 employees and three connections.
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 28
Reason: System has exceeded for copper and was required to submit a corrosion control treatment recommendation report and has not submitted the report since being issued a Notice to Correct Violation.
System Name: Dunes RV Resort 2001
Date Issued: 11/16/2021
County: Grays Harbor
WSID: 20280C
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: RV resort on the ocean with one full time residential connection and 38 RV sites
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 14
Reason: System has not sampled monthly for coliform as required. The system has not sampled for nitrate since 2019.
System Name: Shady Firs RV Park
Date Issued: 10/21/2021
County: Lewis
WSID: AB285D
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: RV park with 3 full time residential connections and 39 RV connections
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 16
Reason: System has not submitted or submitted the monthly treatment reports late for disinfection residuals.
System Name: Carden Country School
Date Issued: 08/11/2021
County: Kitsap
WSID: 063375
Water System Type: Non-transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Private school serving approximately 45 individuals with one residential connection serving 3 individuals.
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 48
Reason: System has not reported disinfection residuals or failed to meet the minimum residuals more than 2 days a month. System has had 4 violations in 2020 and 5 violations in 2021.
System Name: Red Rock Saloon
Date Issued: 03/06/2020
County: Okanogan
WSID: 27724
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Restaurant and Bar
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 100
Reason: System has failed to take provide a plan for remediating their compromised sanitary control area.
System Name: Sit N Bull Saloon
Date Issued: 03/06/2020
County: Okanogan
WSID: 38740
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Restaurant and Bar and one residence
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 74
Reason: System has failed to provide a plan to remediate the sompromised sanitary control area.
System Name: Blueslide Resort
Date Issued: 12/30/2019
County: Pend Oreille
WSID: 07503 M
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: RV Resort/ Transient Accommodations
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 46
Reason: Water system has had several bacteriolgical monitoring violations.
System Name: Red Gate Mobile Home Park
Date Issued: 08/13/2019
County: Pierce
WSID: 71614C
Water System Type: Community
Water System Characteristic: Residential community
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 23
Reason: System is in violation of a bilateral compliance agreement and has to meet water quality standards for disinfection byproducts.
System Name: Andrus Water System
Date Issued: 08/08/2019
County: Spokane
WSID: 26280
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Agricultural
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 38
Reason: System has had numerous coliform monitoring violations and has not met the certified operator requirement.
System Name: Evergreen Retreat Mobile Home Park
Date Issued: 04/25/2019
County: Whatcom
WSID: 24164 2
Water System Type: Community
Water System Characteristic: Residential population
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 39
Reason: System is out of compliance with the Notice of Correction, reference 2018-NOC-0004.
System Name: Beachwood Resort
Date Issued: 04/04/2019
County: Grays Harbor
WSID: 04978 B
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Condominium Resort with 2 full time residential connections and 20 part time residential units.
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 40
Reason: System has not addressed the sanitary control area mitigation as directed. The system must engineer and install CT6 disinfection.
System Name: North Fork Timber Shop
Date Issued: 12/14/2018
County: Lewis
WSID: 07118 Y
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Transient population- employees who work for Timber Company
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 35
Reason: System in violation of BCA to hook to approved public water system. Well in pit in middle of industrial shop for logging industry business.
System Name: Bullman Beach
Date Issued: 11/08/2018
County: Clallam
WSID: 09200 U
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Residential and vacation homes. 2 transient accommodation connections
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 27
Reason: Systems new source exceeded secondary maximum contaminant levels for iron, manganese and chloride. The emergency source which is considered surface water was reconnected and does not have proper treatment. Treatment technique violations are accruing.
System Name: Rivers Edge Lodge
Date Issued: 08/16/2018
County: Chelan
WSID: 72821
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Homes and transient accommodations
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 44
Reason: System is out of compliance with the notice of violation for the requirement to mitigate The Maximum Contaminant Level for nitrate in the drinking water.
System Name: Reed Ranch Road Water
Date Issued: 06/30/2017
County: King
WSID: 11985W
Water System Type: Community
Water System Characteristic: Residential
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 36
Reason: System is a state significant non-complier, has not signed a compliance agreement with the Department and the violations have not been addressed.
System Name: Coxville Water Association #1
Date Issued: 03/20/2017
County: Benton
WSID: 02777
Water System Type: Community
Water System Characteristic: Residential
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 52
Reason: System is a State Significant Non-Complier for being out of compliance with a Notice of Violation that was crafted to address the exceedance of the maximum contaminant levels for nitrate.
System Name: Shaw General Store
Date Issued: 11/30/2012
County: San Juan
WSID: 57001
Water System Type: Transient Non-community
Water System Characteristic: Convenience store, residential
Total Daily Population Served is up to: 41
Reason: System has been classified as a state significant non-complier with drinking water regulations and the violations have not been addressed. System has not met terms of our compliance agreement. System lacks Department design approval.