What's in SCAPPOOSE, CITY OF's water?
SCAPPOOSE, CITY OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 8,710 people through 2,793 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
SCAPPOOSE, CITY OF has 70 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,841th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 55th percentile nationally.
How SCAPPOOSE, CITY OF compares within OR
Among the 160 OR systems in this dataset, the average is 6.0 health-based violations - SCAPPOOSE, CITY OF's 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for SCAPPOOSE, CITY OF is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 2023-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SCAPPOOSE, 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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; 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
This is what SCAPPOOSE, 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 70 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.