Is BEND, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
BEND, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 77,704 people get their water from it, across 29,071 connections.
BEND, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
329 total violations and 1 health-based ones put BEND, CITY OF at the 45th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,089 of 12,903.
How BEND, CITY OF compares within OR
OR's 160 covered systems average 6.0 health-based violations each; BEND, CITY OF carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BEND, CITY OF is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2014-02-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BEND, CITY OF'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: Long Term 2 Enhanced 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is BEND, CITY OF'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 BEND, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,089th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.