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Community Water System · PWS OR4100124

Fishhawk Lake Reserve and Community

Operator location Birkenfeld, Oregon - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 350 people served; 112 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.

350
People served (this PWS)
112
EPA violations (this PWS)
9
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Fishhawk Lake Reserve and Community standing, high SDWIS violation third

350 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Fishhawk Lake Reserve and Community sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (112), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (350; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

112
Total EPA violations on record
8%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
350
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
170
County
Columbia
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
98
Treatment Tech Violations
9

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 23 2023
Coliform (TCR) MR 17 2011
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 12 2023
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 9 2010
TTHM MR 6 2025
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 6 2025
Arsenic MR 5 2009
Mercury MR 3 2002
Cadmium MR 3 2002
Barium MR 3 2002
Chromium MR 3 2002
Selenium MR 3 2002
Nitrate MR 2 2002
Thallium, Total MR 2 2002
Beryllium, Total MR 2 2002
Antimony, Total MR 2 2002
Nickel MR 2 2002
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 2025
Combined Radium (-226 and -228) MR 1 1976
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 1 1976
Fluoride MR 1 1979
Lead and Copper Rule MR 1 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Fishhawk Lake Reserve and Community has 112 recorded EPA violations, 75% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 24% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (9 of 112), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

112 Higher than most more violations than 75% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Fishhawk Lake Reserve and Community

EPA SDWIS lists 350 people served and 170 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

112 violations · 350 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

What to do with Fishhawk Lake Reserve and Community

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Oregon compares on the same EPA violation measures. Oregon systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater