HECETA WATER PEOPLES UTILITY DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained
HECETA WATER PEOPLES UTILITY DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,921 people through 2,300 service connections.
HECETA WATER PEOPLES UTILITY DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
HECETA WATER PEOPLES UTILITY DISTRICT has 38 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,061th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 69th percentile nationally.
How HECETA WATER PEOPLES UTILITY DISTRICT compares within OR
OR's 160 covered systems average 6.0 health-based violations each; HECETA WATER PEOPLES UTILITY DISTRICT carries 4, 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 HECETA WATER PEOPLES UTILITY DISTRICT is from 2014-01-10 (health-based: 2003-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HECETA WATER PEOPLES UTILITY DISTRICT'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is HECETA WATER PEOPLES UTILITY DISTRICT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for HECETA WATER PEOPLES UTILITY DISTRICT - 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.