Question 1

Is Bents Court Water Company water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Bents Court Water Company (PWS ID: OR4195376) has 521 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 2,500 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Bents Court Water Company serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Bents Court Water Company serves 2,500 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Newberg or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 15 service connections. The operator address is listed in Newberg, Oregon.

Question 3

What type of violations does Bents Court Water Company have?

Accepted Answer

Bents Court Water Company has 521 total violations: 19 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 493 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Bents Court Water Company water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Bents Court Water Company under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Bents Court Water Company use?

Accepted Answer

Bents Court Water Company uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Non-Transient Non-Community Water System, serving the same people for at least 6 months per year.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Bents Court Water Company sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Bents Court Water Company ranks #11,958 of 29,740 by people served, and #150 of 373 in Oregon. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Bents Court Water Company's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Bents Court Water Company has 521 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 4% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 96% of that cohort has fewer violations than Bents Court Water Company. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	19	2015
Endrin	MR	16	2011
BHC-GAMMA	MR	16	2011
Toxaphene	MR	16	2011
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	16	2011
OXAMYL	MR	16	2011
Simazine	MR	16	2011
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	MR	16	2011
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	16	2011
Carbofuran	MR	16	2011
Atrazine	MR	16	2011
LASSO	MR	16	2011
Heptachlor	MR	16	2011
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	16	2011
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	MR	16	2011
Chlordane	MR	16	2011
Methoxychlor	MR	16	2011
Endothall	MR	16	2011
Glyphosate	MR	16	2011
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	16	2011
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	16	2011
Diquat	MR	16	2011
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	16	2011
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE	MR	16	2011
Dinoseb	MR	14	2011
2,4,5-TP	MR	14	2011
Pentachlorophenol	MR	14	2011
Dalapon	MR	14	2011
Picloram	MR	14	2011
2,4-D	MR	14	2011

Bents Court Water Company

Bents Court Water Company standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Bents Court Water Company

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served