OR4100723 · Oregon
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Federal fiscal 2026Q3 · EPA violation and follow-up records
- Violation records shown
- 10
- EPA health-based flag
- 0
- Health-based records unresolved in this snapshot
- 0
- Monitoring and reporting records
- 9
Counties listed by EPA · Sherman County, Oregon
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Violations and what followed
Among 8 resolved records with both dates, the median interval from recorded noncompliance start to EPA’s return-to-compliance date was 91 days. The interval uses the reporting periods and dates on file.
Monitoring or reporting · Resolved
Monitoring, RegularViolation 903214570 · Nitrate · Nitrate RuleNoncompliance period start July 1, 2025 · period end September 30, 2025 · first reported December 23, 2025 · EPA return-to-compliance field September 30, 2025
1 linked action
Enforcement and resolution records linked by EPA Action ID Date Category EPA action type 118 October 22, 2025 Resolving State Compliance achieved Monitoring or reporting · Resolved
Monitoring, RegularViolation 903214569 · Nitrate · Nitrate RuleNoncompliance period start July 1, 2025 · period end September 30, 2025 · first reported December 23, 2025 · EPA return-to-compliance field September 30, 2025
1 linked action
Enforcement and resolution records linked by EPA Action ID Date Category EPA action type 119 October 22, 2025 Resolving State Compliance achieved Monitoring or reporting · Resolved
Failure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringViolation 903214566 · COLIPHAGE · Ground Water RuleNoncompliance period start December 1, 2024 · period end December 31, 2024 · first reported March 20, 2025 · EPA return-to-compliance field December 31, 2024
1 linked action
Enforcement and resolution records linked by EPA Action ID Date Category EPA action type 120 January 31, 2025 Resolving State Compliance achieved Monitoring or reporting · Resolved
Failure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringViolation 903214565 · COLIPHAGE · Ground Water RuleNoncompliance period start November 1, 2024 · period end November 30, 2024 · first reported March 20, 2025 · EPA return-to-compliance field November 30, 2024
1 linked action
Enforcement and resolution records linked by EPA Action ID Date Category EPA action type 120 January 31, 2025 Resolving State Compliance achieved Monitoring or reporting · Resolved
Monitoring, RegularViolation 903214568 · Nitrate · Nitrate RuleNoncompliance period start January 1, 2024 · period end December 31, 2024 · first reported March 20, 2025 · EPA return-to-compliance field December 31, 2024
2 linked actions
Enforcement and resolution records linked by EPA Action ID Date Category EPA action type 116 April 9, 2025 Resolving State Compliance achieved 117 April 9, 2025 Resolving State Compliance achieved Monitoring or reporting · Resolved
Failure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringViolation 903214567 · COLIPHAGE · Ground Water RuleNoncompliance period start January 1, 2024 · period end December 31, 2024 · first reported March 20, 2025 · EPA return-to-compliance field December 31, 2024
1 linked action
Enforcement and resolution records linked by EPA Action ID Date Category EPA action type 120 January 31, 2025 Resolving State Compliance achieved Other or unclassified · Resolved
Consumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to ReportViolation 903214564 · Consumer Confidence Rule · Consumer Confidence RuleNoncompliance period start July 1, 2023 · period end July 25, 2023 · first reported November 28, 2023 · EPA return-to-compliance field July 25, 2023
1 linked action
Enforcement and resolution records linked by EPA Action ID Date Category EPA action type 115 July 25, 2023 Resolving State Compliance achieved Monitoring or reporting · Resolved
Monitoring, RegularViolation 903214563 · Nitrate · Nitrate RuleNoncompliance period start January 1, 2021 · period end December 31, 2021 · first reported April 19, 2022 · EPA return-to-compliance field December 31, 2021
1 linked action
Enforcement and resolution records linked by EPA Action ID Date Category EPA action type 114 April 21, 2022 Resolving State Compliance achieved Monitoring or reporting · Archived
Monitoring, RegularViolation 903214572 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U · Radionuclides and Revised Rad RuleNoncompliance period start January 1, 2020 · period end December 31, 2025 · first reported March 25, 2026 · EPA return-to-compliance field December 31, 2025
No linked action row appears in the records shown.Monitoring or reporting · Archived
Monitoring, RegularViolation 903214571 · Combined Radium (-226 and -228) · Radionuclides and Revised Rad RuleNoncompliance period start January 1, 2020 · period end December 31, 2025 · first reported March 25, 2026 · EPA return-to-compliance field December 31, 2025
No linked action row appears in the records shown.
EPA data and scope
How to read the records
The enforcement snapshot is federal fiscal 2026Q3. The EPA archive labels its violation file October 13, 2026. EPA says federal reporting can lag by several months. For current advisories, check your utility or local drinking-water authority.
- We matched active community water systems by public water system ID between EPA’s system search and SDWIS inventory. We show violations with a recorded noncompliance, initial reporting or return-to-compliance date from 2021 onward, plus earlier records listed as Addressed or Unaddressed.
- EPA’s health-based flag identifies violations of contaminant or disinfectant limits or treatment requirements. Monitoring and reporting violations describe required tests or reports. Neither category measures household exposure.
- Addressed means EPA records formal enforcement on a violation that remains unresolved in the snapshot. Unaddressed means no formal action is recorded for an unresolved violation. Resolved can mean compliance was restored, the rule ceased to apply, or further action was unnecessary. Archived is a separate status.
- We count a violation once per water system and group its distinct linked actions. Conflicting records are set aside. Places are EPA-listed search locations and can include mailing locations. Use the provider name and system ID to identify your service.
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