What's in BANKS WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
BANKS WATER DEPARTMENT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 2,070, over 720 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
BANKS WATER DEPARTMENT has 160 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,667th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 64th percentile nationally.
Against the OR average
OR's 160 covered systems average 6.0 health-based violations each; BANKS WATER DEPARTMENT carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BANKS WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
BANKS WATER DEPARTMENT's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BANKS WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is BANKS WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and BANKS WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,667th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.