Public water system record

City of Sumpter

Serves Sumpter, Baker County, OR · 208 people served

Federal records show 4 health-based violations and 93 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Sumpter in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • OR4100845
  • SUMPTER
  • OR
  • 208 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 97877
EPA system ID OR4100845

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
4
Resolved
4
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
93

Key facts

  • City of Sumpter draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Oregon, August 2019.
  • Record on file since 1976, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 339 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Nov 1, 2020 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved No
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Sep 1, 2019 Resolved Yes
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
210 Jul 15, 2019 Resolved No

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
Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Nov 1, 2022 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Nov 1, 2022 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Nov 1, 2022 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Jun 1, 2020 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Nov 22, 2019 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Sep 1, 2019 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Sep 1, 2019 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Sep 1, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Aug 15, 2019 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Aug 1, 2019 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Aug 1, 2019 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Aug 1, 2019 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jun 1, 2019 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jun 1, 2019 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jun 1, 2019 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2019 Resolved
Styrene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Ethylbenzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Toluene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Benzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
CHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Tetrachloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Trichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
1,2-Dichloropropane
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Carbon tetrachloride
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
1,2-Dichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
1,1-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Vinyl chloride
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
p-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
o-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
DICHLOROMETHANE
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Xylenes, Total
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Aug 1, 2018 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2017 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2017 Resolved
Chlordane
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Pentachlorophenol
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Benzo(a)pyrene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
HEXACHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
2,4-D
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Heptachlor epoxide
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Heptachlor
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
LASSO
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Atrazine
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Carbofuran
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Dinoseb
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Picloram
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Simazine
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
OXAMYL
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Glyphosate
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Endothall
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Diquat
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Dalapon
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Toxaphene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Methoxychlor
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
BHC-GAMMA
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Endrin
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1976

EPA's records for City of Sumpter go back to 1976. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 106 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 2
1990s 3 41
2000s 1 31
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 32
October 19, 2016 to 2019 2 80
2020s 2 13

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began January 2005, Resolved.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.101 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
Jan 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
Jul 1, 1997 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Jul 1, 1997 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Jan 1, 1992 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Oregon regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against City of Sumpter between 1992 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in August 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 29, 2019 Oregon Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Jan 24, 1992 Oregon Compliance order with a penalty 43 violations (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

What the violations mean

Surface Water Treatment Rule

2 incidents

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Surface Water Treatment Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a filtration or treatment requirement for surface water

Inadequate treatment of surface water can let pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia through

Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a treatment requirement of the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule

Byproducts form when disinfectants react with natural material in water. Long-term exposure above federal limits may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

City of Sumpter draws water from 1 surface water intake.

Annual water quality report

City of Sumpter 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask City of Sumpter for a copy.

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.