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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS OR4193755

North Marion SD #15

Operator location Aurora, Oregon - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 93 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,100 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

2,100
People served (this PWS)
93
EPA violations (this PWS)
19
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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North Marion SD #15 standing, high SDWIS violation third

93 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 20% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #13,199 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

North Marion SD #15 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (93), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,100 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 20% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#13,199 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#166 of 373
Population · OR
93
Total EPA violations on record
20%
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
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
4
County
Marion
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
19
Monitoring Violations
71
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 25 2015
Arsenic MCL 19 2009
Arsenic MR 15 2018
TTHM MR 8 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 8 2024
Nitrate MR 7 2018
COLIPHAGE MR 4 2018
E. COLI MR 1 2013
Endothall MR 1 2011
Lead and Copper Rule MR 1 2005
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 1 2017
Public Notice Other 1 2013

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

North Marion SD #15 has 93 recorded EPA violations, 72% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 28% carry more. 20% of this system's own violations are health-based (19 of 93), and it ranks #13,199 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)

93 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 North Marion SD #15

93 violations on record for OR4193755; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

93 violations · 2,100 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 North Marion SD #15

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