Public water system record

La Water Co-Op

On record as serving Washington County, OR · Serves 2,500 people

Federal records show no health-based violations and 16 monitoring/reporting issues for La Water Co-Op in the last ten years.

  • OR4100313
  • GASTON
  • OR
  • 2,500 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 97119
EPA system ID OR4100313

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
16

Key facts

  • La Water Co-Op buys its water from Joint Water Commission.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Oregon, December 2004.
  • Record on file since 1994, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 793 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2025 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2025 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1994

EPA's records for La Water Co-Op go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 11 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 4
2000s 1 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 4
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 5
2020s 0 11

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began January 2002, Resolved.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
Jan 2, 2002 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Oregon regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against La Water Co-Op in 2004. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in December 2004.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 14, 2004 Oregon Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule
Aug 23, 2004 Oregon Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

La Water Co-Op buys its water from Joint Water Commission. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

La Water Co-Op 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.