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

UNION, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,162 people through 958 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, UNION, CITY OF ranks 2,718th by violation burden (79th percentile) - 21 violations total, 7 health-baseds.

How UNION, CITY OF compares within OR

OR's 160 covered systems average 6.0 health-based violations each; UNION, CITY OF carries 7, 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 UNION, CITY OF is from 2023-01-10 (health-based: 2015-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

UNION, 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

UNION, CITY OF's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 7 health-based violations on file for UNION, 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.