Is SUTHERLIN, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
SUTHERLIN, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 8,060 people get their water from it, across 2,783 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
SUTHERLIN, CITY OF has 34 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,604th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 41th percentile nationally.
Against the OR average
Among the 160 OR systems in this dataset, the average is 6.0 health-based violations - SUTHERLIN, CITY OF's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
SUTHERLIN, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 1999-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
SUTHERLIN, 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 SUTHERLIN, CITY OF's record does not cover
Everything on this page is SUTHERLIN, 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 34 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.