Is SHERWOOD, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
SHERWOOD, 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: 19,885, over 5,591 connections.
SHERWOOD, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SHERWOOD, CITY OF ranks 2,660th by violation burden (79th percentile) - 34 violations total, 7 health-baseds.
How SHERWOOD, CITY OF compares within OR
SHERWOOD, CITY OF's 7 health-based violations sit above 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 SHERWOOD, CITY OF is from 2025-01-10 (health-based: 1993-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SHERWOOD, 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is SHERWOOD, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 7 health-based violations on file for SHERWOOD, CITY OF - 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.