Galice Subdivision Water Co

What EPA’s and CDC’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves: 33 people
Connections: 22
Water source: Surface water
Based in: Merlin, OR
County: Josephine
Owner: Local government

The short answer

Nothing in EPA’s and CDC’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. 34 health-based violations since 2016.

What was found

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and nitrate: Oregon’s yearly averages per water system, as CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network publishes them, 2022 to 2023.

Below EPA’s limits2

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

36.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022

Averaged by year, the highest was 36.7 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

23.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022

Averaged by year, the highest was 23.9 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.

Lead
Nitrate

Violations since 2016

Contaminant or rule	Type	Period	Measured	Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Dec. 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 2023	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Dec. 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 2023	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	March 1, 2023 to March 31, 2023	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	July 1, 2022 to July 31, 2022	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	July 1, 2022 to July 31, 2022	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	June 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	June 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	May 1, 2022 to May 31, 2022	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	April 1, 2022 to April 30, 2022	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	April 1, 2022 to April 30, 2022	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	March 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	March 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Feb. 1, 2022 to Feb. 28, 2022	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Jan. 1, 2022 to Jan. 31, 2022	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Jan. 1, 2022 to Jan. 31, 2022	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Dec. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2021	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Dec. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2021	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Nov. 1, 2021 to Nov. 30, 2021	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Oct. 1, 2021 to Oct. 31, 2021	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Aug. 1, 2021 to Aug. 31, 2021	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	June 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Feb. 1, 2021 to Feb. 28, 2021	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Jan. 1, 2021 to Jan. 31, 2021	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Dec. 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Nov. 1, 2020 to Nov. 30, 2020	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Sept. 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Aug. 1, 2020 to Aug. 31, 2020	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	July 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	June 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	May 1, 2020 to May 31, 2020	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	March 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Dec. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2019	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Nov. 1, 2019 to Nov. 30, 2019	—	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Required treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)	Oct. 1, 2019 to Oct. 31, 2019	—	Archived
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 1,257 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and nitrate results here are Oregon’s yearly averages as CDC publishes them, from 2022 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Galice Subdivision Water Co’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.
Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.
What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.
Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; CDC’s yearly averages for Oregon cover 2022 to 2023.

Testing your own tap

Galice Subdivision Water Co’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Oregon certifies.

No lab Oregon certifies is within 75 miles of the area Galice Subdivision Water Co serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

Oregon State University Extension Well Water Program: Nitrate screening of well water at many of its groundwater education events. The screening is free. Water Testing Guidance for Private Wells, OSU Well Water Program.

All 91 certified labs for Oregon

Sources

EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, file of Oct. 15, 2026
EPA SDWA bulk download (SDWIS federal data), 2026 Q3
CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, yearly averages Oregon supplied to CDC, 2020 to 2023, read Oct. 8, 2026. TapBuff’s comparisons with EPA’s limits are its own, not CDC’s or Oregon’s.
Limits and goals: each contaminant’s page, with its EPA source.
How this page is built: methodology.

PWSID OR4101424. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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