Is Green, OR tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Green has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Umpqua Basin Water Assoc.
City of Roseburg, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Green’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Roseburg
Oregon · serves 28,800 people · about 300 in Green
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Green Area Water & Sanitary Authority
Oregon · serves 7,000 people · about 200 in Green
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Umpqua Basin Water Assoc
Oregon · serves 9,499 people · about 160 in Green
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Green
The 3 labs Oregon certifies closest to Green, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Umpqua Research Company
Myrtle Creek, OR · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals
McCowan Clinical Laboratory Inc.
Coos Bay, OR · about 34 miles
Certified for bacteria
Grants Pass Water Laboratory, Inc./The Water Lab
Grants Pass, OR · about 48 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
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 OregonZIP codes in Green
Which ZIP codes are in Green: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Oregon Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, drinking water labs, as listed in TNI LAMS; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Green
Other towns in Douglas County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Roseburg’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water