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Community Water System · PWS OR4100483

Lincoln City, City Of

Operator location Lincoln City, Oregon - larger served population (> 3,309) at 20,830 people served; 76 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.

20,830
People served (this PWS)
76
EPA violations (this PWS)
1
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Lincoln City, City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

20,830 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #2,622 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Lincoln City, City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (76), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (20,830; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#2,622 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#36 of 373
Population · OR
76
Total EPA violations on record
1%
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
6,564
County
Lincoln
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
74
Treatment Tech Violations
1

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 34 2008
TTHM MR 2 2009
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 2 2014
Arsenic MR 2 2007
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 2 2009
Nitrate MR 1 2007
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 1 2007
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 1 2007
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 2007
Vinyl chloride MR 1 2007
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2007
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 1 2007
Carbon tetrachloride MR 1 2007
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 1 2007
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 1 2007
Tetrachloroethylene MR 1 2007
CHLOROBENZENE MR 1 2007
Benzene MR 1 2007
Toluene MR 1 2007
Ethylbenzene MR 1 2007
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 1 1995
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 1 2014
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 1 2020
Combined Radium (-226 and -228) MR 1 1976
Cadmium MR 1 1979
Fluoride MR 1 1979
Trichloroethylene MR 1 2007
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 1 1976
Styrene MR 1 2007
Mercury MR 1 1979

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Lincoln City, City Of has 76 recorded EPA violations, 67% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 33% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 76), and it ranks #2,622 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)

76 Around the middle fewer violations than 33% 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
NMeFOSAA 8/14/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/14/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/14/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/14/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/14/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/14/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/14/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/14/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/14/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/14/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/14/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/14/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/14/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/14/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/14/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/14/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/14/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/14/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 7/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 7/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 7/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 7/11/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/11/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 7/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected

Population served record for Lincoln City, City Of

EPA SDWIS lists 20,830 people served and 6,564 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

76 violations · 20,830 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 with similar served population

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

4 peers

What to do with Lincoln City, City Of

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