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Community Water System · PWS OR4100135

Boring Water District No 24

Operator location Boring, Oregon - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 237 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,500 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

2,500
People served (this PWS)
237
EPA violations (this PWS)
10
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Boring Water District No 24 standing, high SDWIS violation third

237 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,954 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Boring Water District No 24 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (237), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,500 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#11,954 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#146 of 373
Population · OR
237
Total EPA violations on record
4%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
726
County
Clackamas
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
8
Monitoring Violations
222
Treatment Tech Violations
2

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 24 2005
Nitrate MR 17 2005
Coliform (TCR) MCL 8 2009
Endrin MR 4 2008
BHC-GAMMA MR 4 2008
Methoxychlor MR 4 2008
Endothall MR 4 2008
Glyphosate MR 4 2008
OXAMYL MR 4 2008
Simazine MR 4 2008
Picloram MR 4 2008
Dinoseb MR 4 2008
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 4 2008
Carbofuran MR 4 2008
LASSO MR 4 2008
2,4,5-TP MR 4 2008
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 4 2008
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 4 2008
Pentachlorophenol MR 4 2008
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 4 2008
Atrazine MR 4 2008
Heptachlor epoxide MR 4 2008
2,4-D MR 4 2008
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 4 2008
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE MR 4 2008
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 4 2008
Chlordane MR 4 2008
Dalapon MR 4 2008
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 4 2008
Heptachlor MR 4 2008

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Boring Water District No 24 has 237 recorded EPA violations, 88% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 12% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 237), and it ranks #11,954 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

237 Higher than most more violations than 88% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

SDWIS compliance record for Boring Water District No 24

237 violations on record for OR4100135; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

237 violations · 2,500 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Boring Water District No 24

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