What's in SANDY, CITY OF's water?
SANDY, CITY OF has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. Population served: 12,991, over 4,100 connections.
SANDY, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SANDY, CITY OF ranks 374th by violation burden (97th percentile) - 248 violations total, 40 health-baseds.
How SANDY, CITY OF compares within OR
OR's 160 covered systems average 6.0 health-based violations each; SANDY, CITY OF carries 40, 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 SANDY, CITY OF is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 2022-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SANDY, 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); Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 SANDY, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and SANDY, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 374th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.