PlainWater

Community Water System · PWS OR4100252

Dayton, City Of

Operator location Dayton, Oregon - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 103 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,535 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

2,535
People served (this PWS)
103
EPA violations (this PWS)
7
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Dayton, City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

103 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 7% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,774 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Dayton, City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (103), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,535 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 7% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#11,774 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#144 of 373
Population · OR
103
Total EPA violations on record
7%
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
904
County
Yamhill
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
4
Monitoring Violations
92
Treatment Tech Violations
3

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 10 2010
Nitrate MR 9 2009
Coliform (TCR) MCL 4 2007
Lead and Copper Rule MR 3 2005
Groundwater Rule TT 3 2018
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 2 1996
E. COLI MR 2 2010
Groundwater Rule MR 2 2020
Arsenic MR 1 2002
Cadmium MR 1 2002
Chromium MR 1 2002
CYANIDE MR 1 2002
Beryllium, Total MR 1 2002
Selenium MR 1 2002
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 1 2002
Xylenes, Total MR 1 2002
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 1 2002
Vinyl chloride MR 1 2002
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2002
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 1 2002
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 1 2002
Benzene MR 1 2002
Toluene MR 1 2002
Ethylbenzene MR 1 2002
Styrene MR 1 2002
Endrin MR 1 2002
Methoxychlor MR 1 2002
Toxaphene MR 1 2002
Dalapon MR 1 2002
Diquat MR 1 2002

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Dayton, City Of has 103 recorded EPA violations, 74% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 26% carry more. 7% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 103), and it ranks #11,774 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)

103 Around the middle fewer violations than 26% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

SDWIS compliance record for Dayton, City Of

103 violations on record for OR4100252; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

103 violations · 2,535 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

Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Dayton, City Of

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
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

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