Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS OR4194571
Area 61
Operator location Merlin, Oregon - 0% of 206 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 260 served per SDWIS.
- 260
- People served (this PWS)
- 206
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 1
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Area 61 standing, high SDWIS violation third
0% of 206 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%).
The verdict
Area 61 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (206), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (260; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 206
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 260
- 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.
System Details
- System Type
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 5
- County
- Josephine
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 202
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 83 | 2015 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 25 | 2024 |
| COLIPHAGE | MR | 23 | 2014 |
| Nitrate | MR | 19 | 2018 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2025 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 1 | 2024 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| Endothall | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| Benzene | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| Toluene | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| Picloram | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| Atrazine | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 1 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Area 61 has 206 recorded EPA violations, 86% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 14% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 206), 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)
206 Higher than most more violations than 86% 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
Health-based violations on Area 61
1 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for OR4194571.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
206 violations · 260 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.
What to do with Area 61
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.