PlainWater

Community Water System · PWS OR4100925

SW Lincoln Co Water PUD

Operator location Waldport, Oregon - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 225 EPA violations; surface water source; 3,000 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

3,000
People served (this PWS)
225
EPA violations (this PWS)
6
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

SW Lincoln Co Water PUD standing, high SDWIS violation third

225 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 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,675 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

SW Lincoln Co Water PUD sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (225), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 3,000 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#10,675 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#128 of 373
Population · OR
225
Total EPA violations on record
3%
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
1,362
County
Lincoln
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
216
Treatment Tech Violations
6

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 110 2025
Coliform (TCR) MR 35 1996
Nitrate MR 7 2023
Lead and Copper Rule MR 7 2025
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 6 2025
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 6 1992
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 4 2025
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 2 2023
Xylenes, Total MR 2 2023
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 2 2023
Vinyl chloride MR 2 2023
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 2 2023
Carbon tetrachloride MR 2 2023
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 2 2023
Trichloroethylene MR 2 2023
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 2 2023
Tetrachloroethylene MR 2 2023
Benzene MR 2 2023
Toluene MR 2 2023
Ethylbenzene MR 2 2023
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 2 2023
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 2 2023
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 2 2023
Styrene MR 2 2023
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 2 2023
CHLOROBENZENE MR 2 2023
Arsenic MR 2 2005
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 2 2023
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 2 2023
Combined Radium (-226 and -228) MR 1 1976

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SW Lincoln Co Water PUD has 225 recorded EPA violations, 87% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 13% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 225), and it ranks #10,675 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)

225 Higher than most more violations than 87% 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 SW Lincoln Co Water PUD

225 violations on record for OR4100925; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

225 violations · 3,000 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 SW Lincoln Co Water PUD

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