Is Camas Municipal Water Sewer Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Clark

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

714

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Archived	1993-10-01 → 1993-10-31
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31

PFAS detected

PFAS are industrial “forever chemicals”. These are the EPA's latest nationwide test results (2023–2025).

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
PFOS	0.0120 µg/L	3/9	2023
PFBS	0.0038 µg/L	2/9	2023
PFOA	0.0044 µg/L	1/9	2023

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Nitrate	1600 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 2100 µg/L	82/96	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	7.77 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11 µg/L	43/72	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	2.895 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.5 µg/L	42/51	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	11.1 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 15.35 µg/L	42/42	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	6.44 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 9.6 µg/L	29/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	3.95 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.9 µg/L	28/47	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.47 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.3 µg/L	27/47	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0015 mg/L 10% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2024
Trichloroacetic Acid	3.58 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.7 µg/L	15/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	734 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 740 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	3 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	0.6000 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/52	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	48 µg/L 3.7% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloromethane	1.4 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L	1/23	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.1 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	690 µg/L 6.9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2019
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	0.5200 µg/L 0.5% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/23	SYR4	2012–2019

84 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoLeadMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitritePfbaPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzene

Utility contact

Contact: Allen Nelson

Frequently asked questions about Camas Municipal Water Sewer

Is Camas Municipal Water Sewer tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 20 contaminants in Camas Municipal Water Sewer's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Camas Municipal Water Sewer's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Chloroform, Bromodichloromethane, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Camas Municipal Water Sewer serve?

Camas Municipal Water Sewer reports serving 31,794 people in Washington, per its EPA record.

Has Camas Municipal Water Sewer had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 714 violations on file for Camas Municipal Water Sewer, of which 1 is health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 1 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.