What's in FOREST GROVE, CITY OF's water?
FOREST GROVE, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 26,838 people through 7,250 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
41 total violations and 2 health-based ones put FOREST GROVE, CITY OF at the 54th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,969 of 12,903.
How FOREST GROVE, CITY OF compares within OR
OR's 160 covered systems average 6.0 health-based violations each; FOREST GROVE, CITY OF carries 2, not more than typical for the state. 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 FOREST GROVE, CITY OF is from 2022-01-01 (health-based: 1994-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FOREST GROVE, 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: 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 FOREST GROVE, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for FOREST GROVE, CITY OF - 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.