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City of Rockaway Beach

Serves Rockaway Beach, Tillamook County, OR · 1,400 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Rockaway Beach in the last ten years.

  • OR4100708
  • ROCKAWAY BEACH
  • OR
  • 1,400 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 97136
EPA system ID OR4100708

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • City of Rockaway Beach draws water from 3 wells and 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Oregon, May 1994.
  • Record on file since 1976, with 15 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2,581 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
Interim Enhanced 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

Full record since 1976

EPA's records for City of Rockaway Beach go back to 1976. Before October 19, 2016 they list 15 health-based violations (15 resolved) and 74 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 10
1990s 5 26
2000s 1 30
2010 to October 18, 2016 9 8
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2013, Resolved.

Show all 15 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.093 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.102 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.11 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.12 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.1 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jan 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2005 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1996 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1994 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Oregon regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Rockaway Beach in 1994. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in May 1994.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 19, 1994 Oregon Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

City of Rockaway Beach draws water from 3 wells and 1 surface water intake.

Annual water quality report

City of Rockaway Beach 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.

Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells