Community Water System · PWS OR4100297
Falls City, City Of
Operator location Falls City, Oregon - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 198 EPA violations; surface water source; 1,051 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,051
- People served (this PWS)
- 198
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 7
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Falls City, City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
198 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%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #18,967 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Falls City, City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (198), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,051 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #18,967 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #239 of 373
- Population · OR
- 198
- 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
- 468
- County
- Polk
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 1
- Monitoring Violations
- 179
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 6
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 60 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2001 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2024 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 6 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Benzene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Toluene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Styrene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 1992 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 2 | 2000 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Falls City, City Of has 198 recorded EPA violations, 85% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 15% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 198), and it ranks #18,967 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)
198 Higher than most more violations than 85% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFBA | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/15/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/15/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/15/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/15/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/15/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/15/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/15/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/15/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/15/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/15/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/15/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/4/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/4/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/4/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/4/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/4/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/4/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/4/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/4/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/4/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
SDWIS compliance record for Falls City, City Of
198 violations on record for OR4100297; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
198 violations · 1,051 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Falls City, City Of
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