Swisshome Village
A missed test is not evidence of bad water. It also is not evidence of good water: for that period nobody checked.
On record since 2016: 280 violations. 18 over the limit · 3 treatment lapses · 239 missed or late tests · 20 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-10-01.
For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.
More violations on record than 99% of active water systems in Oregon. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.
The record, year by year
Across Oregon, 85% of violations are missed or late tests and 2% are water over a limit.
How far over the limit
Lead & copper at the tap
Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.
Lead, 90th percentile 11 results on file · action level 15 ppb
Copper, 90th percentile 3 results on file · action level 1.3 mg/L
Open now (1)
- 2019-12-28Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
Every violation on record
- 2024-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
- 2024-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
- 2023-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
- 2023-07-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2023-07-01ColiphageFailure to Conduct Assessment MonitoringBack in compliance
- 2023-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
- 2023-06-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2023-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2023-05-21Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
- 2023-05-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2023-04-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2023-03-05Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
- 2023-03-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2023-02-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2023-02-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2023-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1030 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2023-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-12-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2022-11-26Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
- 2022-11-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1110 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-10-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-09-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-08-29Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
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- 2022-08-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0940 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-07-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-06-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-05-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1040 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
- 2022-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
- 2022-04-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-03-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-02-24Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
- 2022-02-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2022-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1100 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0860 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2022-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2021-12-06Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
- 2021-12-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2021-11-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2021-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2021-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0990 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
- 2021-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0890 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
- 2021-10-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2021-09-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2021-08-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2021-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0800 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
- 2021-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0830 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
- 2021-07-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2021-06-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2021-05-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2021-05-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2021-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
- 2021-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
- 2021-04-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2021-04-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2021-03-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2021-03-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2020-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0690 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
- 2020-03-01Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
- 2020-03-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2020-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0800 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
- 2019-12-28Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
- 2019-12-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2019-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2019-11-23Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
- 2019-11-22Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
- 2019-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2019-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0860 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
- 2019-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0850 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
- 2019-10-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
- 2019-09-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
- 2019-09-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2019-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMCLBack in compliance
- 2019-08-29Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
- 2019-08-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2019-08-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2019-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1298 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2019-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1019 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2019-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
- 2019-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
- 2019-06-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2019-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2019-04-18Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
- 2019-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0760 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
- 2019-02-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
- 2019-01-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01Ethylene DibromideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01PentachlorophenolMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01Benzo(a)pyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01HexachlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-012, 4, 5-TpMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-012, 4-DMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01HeptachlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01LassoMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01AtrazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01CarbofuranMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01DinosebMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01PicloramMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01SimazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01OxamylMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01GlyphosateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01EndothallMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01DiquatMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01DalaponMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01ToxapheneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01MethoxychlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01Bhc-GammaMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01EndrinMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2019-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-12-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2018-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2018-11-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2018-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2018-07-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2018-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance
- 2018-03-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2018-03-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2018-02-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×3Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2018-01-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01Ethylene DibromideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01PentachlorophenolMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01Benzo(a)pyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01HexachlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-012, 4, 5-TpMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-012, 4-DMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01HeptachlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01LassoMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01AtrazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01CarbofuranMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01DinosebMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01PicloramMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01SimazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01OxamylMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01GlyphosateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01EndothallMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01DiquatMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01DalaponMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01ToxapheneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01MethoxychlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01Bhc-GammaMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01EndrinMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
- 2018-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR) ×2Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
- 2018-01-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
- 2016-12-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
System details
| Population served | 24 |
| Service connections | 18 |
| Water source | Groundwater |
| System type | Community Water System |
| Owner | Private |
| Status | Active |
| City | Cottage Grove |
| EPA ZIP on file | 97424 |
Areas served
- Lane County
Reading this record
Swisshome Village is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 24 people in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.
Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.
Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.