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Community Water System · PWS OR4101418

Imbler, City Of

Operator location Imbler, Oregon - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 250 people served; 78 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

250
People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
78
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
1
Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Imbler, City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

250 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Imbler, City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (78), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (250; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

78
Total EPA violations on record
1%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
250
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

D
Water Safety Score
48/100
Imbler, City Of

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations C+
1
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
77
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
140
County
Union
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
1
Monitoring Violations
74
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 10 2008
Nitrate MR 9 2008
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 2 1996
Arsenic MR 1 2002
Xylenes, Total MR 1 2002
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 2002
Vinyl chloride MR 1 2002
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2002
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 1 2002
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 1 2002
Carbon tetrachloride MR 1 2002
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 1 2002
CHLOROBENZENE MR 1 2002
Benzene MR 1 2002
Ethylbenzene MR 1 2002
Endrin MR 1 2002
BHC-GAMMA MR 1 2002
Dalapon MR 1 2002
Diquat MR 1 2002
Glyphosate MR 1 2002
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 1 2002
OXAMYL MR 1 2002
Simazine MR 1 2002
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 1 2002
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 1 2002
LASSO MR 1 2002
Heptachlor epoxide MR 1 2002
2,4,5-TP MR 1 2002
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 1 2002
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 1 2002

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Imbler, City Of has 78 recorded EPA violations, 68% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 32% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 78), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

78 Around the middle fewer violations than 32% 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

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Imbler, City Of plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

Violation volume vs. health-based share

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Imbler, City Of-78, 1%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Population served record for Imbler, City Of

EPA SDWIS lists 250 people served and 140 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

78 violations · 250 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

What to do with Imbler, City Of

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