Is CLACKAMAS RIVER WATER's water safe to drink?
CLACKAMAS RIVER WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 29,918 people through 9,232 service connections.
How this compares nationally
74 total violations and 1 health-based ones put CLACKAMAS RIVER WATER at the 43th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,326 of 12,903.
How CLACKAMAS RIVER WATER compares within OR
Among the 160 OR systems in this dataset, the average is 6.0 health-based violations - CLACKAMAS RIVER WATER's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CLACKAMAS RIVER WATER is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 1996-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CLACKAMAS RIVER WATER'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: Coliform (TCR)
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 CLACKAMAS RIVER WATER's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 74 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.