Is NEWBERG, CITY OF's water safe to drink?

NEWBERG, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 25,138, over 7,656 connections.

NEWBERG, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country

NEWBERG, CITY OF has 51 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,800th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 63th percentile nationally.

Against the OR average

Among the 160 OR systems in this dataset, the average is 6.0 health-based violations - NEWBERG, CITY OF's 3 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

NEWBERG, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2011-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

NEWBERG, 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: 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 NEWBERG, CITY OF's record does not cover

This is what NEWBERG, CITY OF 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. Between the utility's meter and NEWBERG, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,800th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.