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Water system · PWSID OR4100731

SALEM PUBLIC WORKS

100
Excellent
PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

OR4100731

State

Oregon

City

SALEM

Population served

199,820

Primary source

Surface water

Score history

No change since tracking began Jun 18, 2026.

Jun 18, 2026 · score 100 Jun 18, 2026 · score 100

2 score updates logged since tracking began Jun 18, 2026. Each future EPA re-score adds a point.

PFAS & contaminant readings

No PFAS detections are on record for this system from EPA’s UCMR5 monitoring (2023–25). Absence of a detection isn’t a guarantee — not every system was sampled, and this dataset doesn’t cover other contaminants.

Violations & enforcement

4

Violations on record

0

Unaddressed

2

Health-based

14

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement Jul 2023. Official EPA record →

Other · EPA contaminant 7000 began Jul 2023 Resolved
Treatment technique · EPA contaminant 0200 health-based began Nov 2006 Resolved
Max contaminant level (MCL) · Total coliform health-based began Nov 1995 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · Total coliform began Feb 1993 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

  • State action · SOX Jul 2023
  • State action · SIF Mar 2023
  • State action · SIF Jul 2022
  • State action · SIF May 2022
  • State action · SIF Mar 2021
  • State action · SOX Jun 2007
  • State action · SOX Jan 2007
  • State action · SIF Sep 2003

Area water-quality monitoring

Environmental monitoring (rivers, wells, intakes) recorded in this system’s service area in the EPA/USGS Water Quality Portal since 2018 — source/ambient water, not finished tap water. Context for the watershed, not a reading from your tap.

ContaminantMedian · max · samples

Manganese

2 stations · latest Apr 2021

11.9 · max 12 mg/L · 10

Arsenic

3 stations · latest Apr 2021

5.38 · max 7.62 ug/L · 8

Uranium

1 station · latest Apr 2021

0.655 · max 0.68 ug/L · 4

Copper

2 stations · latest Apr 2021

1.58 · max 1.61 ug/L · 2

Lead

1 station · latest Feb 2021

0.43 · max 0.49 ug/L · 2

Source: Water Quality Portal (EPA/USGS/state agencies). Values are as-reported and aren’t health thresholds.

This profile is built from EPA public records for system OR4100731 — SDWIS violations and UCMR5 PFAS sampling. The score is system-level and can’t account for your home’s plumbing (older pipes can add lead at the tap). For health decisions, check your exact address, read the utility’s Consumer Confidence Report, and confirm with your provider.