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Bay City Water System

Serves Bay City, Tillamook County, OR · 1,400 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 11 monitoring/reporting issues for Bay City Water System in the last ten years.

  • OR4100079
  • BAY CITY
  • OR
  • 1,400 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 97107
EPA system ID OR4100079

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
11

Key facts

  • Bay City Water System draws water from 3 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Oregon, May 1998.
  • Record on file since 1976, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 836 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 May 1, 2019 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Mar 1, 2017 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2014 Resolved

Full record since 1976

EPA's records for Bay City Water System go back to 1976. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 46 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 10
1990s 1 0
2000s 1 29
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 7
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 0 8

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began March 2011, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 2011 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2000 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1995 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Oregon regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Bay City Water System in 1998. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in May 1998.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 26, 1998 Oregon Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

Bay City Water System draws water from 3 wells. 3 other community water systems buy water from Bay City Water System.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Bay City Water System must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Oregon.

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