Is EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD's water safe to drink?

EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. It serves 176,000 people through 64,000 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD has 11 violations on record in total, 0 of thems health-based - ranking it 10,373th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 20th percentile nationally.

Against the OR average

EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD's 0 health-based violations sit within the OR average of 6.0, across 160 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD's most recent violation on record is dated 1980-12-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

What EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD's record does not cover

This is what EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 11 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.