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Community Water System · PWS OR4100970

Neskowin Reg Water Dist

Operator location Neskowin, Oregon - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 94 EPA violations; surface water source; 1,735 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

1,735
People served (this PWS)
94
EPA violations (this PWS)
3
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Neskowin Reg Water Dist standing, high SDWIS violation third

94 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 #14,760 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Neskowin Reg Water Dist sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (94), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,735 (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.

#14,760 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#186 of 373
Population · OR
94
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
774
County
Tillamook
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
87
Treatment Tech Violations
3

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 41 2022
Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 2022
Lead and Copper Rule TT 3 2001
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 2025
Coliform (TCR) MR 1 1995
TTHM MR 1 2020
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 1 2020
Endrin MR 1 2020
BHC-GAMMA MR 1 2020
Toxaphene MR 1 2020
Dalapon MR 1 2020
Endothall MR 1 2020
Glyphosate MR 1 2020
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 1 2020
OXAMYL MR 1 2020
Simazine MR 1 2020
Atrazine MR 1 2020
Heptachlor MR 1 2020
2,4-D MR 1 2020
2,4,5-TP MR 1 2020
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 1 2020
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 1 2020
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 1 2020
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 1 2020
Chlordane MR 1 2020
Barium MR 1 1979
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 1 1976
Arsenic MR 1 1979
Cadmium MR 1 1979
Nitrate MR 1 1979

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Neskowin Reg Water Dist has 94 recorded EPA violations, 72% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 28% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 94), and it ranks #14,760 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)

94 Around the middle fewer violations than 28% 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 Neskowin Reg Water Dist

94 violations on record for OR4100970; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

94 violations · 1,735 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 Neskowin Reg Water Dist

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
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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