LINCOLN CITY, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
LINCOLN CITY, 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 20,830 people through 6,564 service connections.
How this compares nationally
LINCOLN CITY, CITY OF has 57 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,398th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 43th percentile nationally.
How LINCOLN CITY, CITY OF compares within OR
LINCOLN CITY, CITY OF's 1 health-based violations sit within the OR average of 6.0, across 160 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for LINCOLN CITY, CITY OF is from 2020-01-04 (health-based: 1995-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LINCOLN CITY, 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 LINCOLN CITY, CITY OF'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 57 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.