Public water system record
City of Bend
Serves Bend and Tetherow, Deschutes County, OR · 77,704 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 25 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Bend in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 25
Key facts
- City of Bend draws water from 19 wells and 1 surface water intake (14 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Record on file since 1976, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 30,634 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation 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 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Sep 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
COLIPHAGE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1976
EPA's records for City of Bend go back to 1976. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 302 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 | 290 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020s | 0 | 19 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, began October 2014, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 2, 2014 | Resolved |
Where the water comes from
City of Bend draws water from 19 wells and 1 surface water intake (14 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
City of Bend 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.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
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.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells