DESCHUTES VALLEY WATER DIST: EPA violation history, explained
DESCHUTES VALLEY WATER DIST has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 11,700 people get their water from it, across 4,900 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, DESCHUTES VALLEY WATER DIST ranks 2,106th by violation burden (84th percentile) - 50 violations total, 9 health-baseds.
How DESCHUTES VALLEY WATER DIST compares within OR
Among the 160 OR systems in this dataset, the average is 6.0 health-based violations - DESCHUTES VALLEY WATER DIST's 9 is above 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 DESCHUTES VALLEY WATER DIST is from 2014-01-08 (health-based: 2014-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DESCHUTES VALLEY WATER DIST'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
DESCHUTES VALLEY WATER DIST's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 9 health-based violations on file for DESCHUTES VALLEY WATER DIST - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.