Is Tel Company 3 Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Island

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

2,618

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1995-10-01 → 1995-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1994-08-01 → 1994-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1993-05-01 → 1993-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1993-04-01 → 1993-04-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-12-31

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
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	11/11	LCR	2023
Nitrate	780 µg/L 7.8% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	3 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2019
Barium	14 µg/L 0.7% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	660 µg/L 6.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2019

45 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane2,4,5-TP2,4-DAntimony, TotalBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromodichloromethaneBromoformChlorobenzeneCopperCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChloroformChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDibromochloromethaneDinosebEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneFluorideLeadMercuryNitritePentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: Culley Lehman

Frequently asked questions about Tel Company 3

Is Tel Company 3 tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 5 contaminants in Tel Company 3'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 Tel Company 3's water?

EPA monitoring detected Lead, Nitrate, Arsenic, Barium, Nitrate-Nitrite. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Tel Company 3 serve?

Tel Company 3 reports serving 75 people in Washington, per its EPA record.

Has Tel Company 3 had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 2618 violations on file for Tel Company 3, of which 4 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 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.