Orchard Heights Water Assn
EPA ID: OR4100783 · 381 people served · 2 ZIP codes
Orchard Heights Water Assn earns a clean bill from EPA monitoring — no violations in five years across a service area of 381 people.
Data: EPA SDWIS Last verified: 2026-04-02
Compliance Trajectory
Worsening · Risk tier: High · 95% chance of violation in next 12 months
Violations went from 2 (2024) to 3 (2025). The pattern suggests growing compliance challenges.
Service Area Map
Coverage area for Orchard Heights Water Assn Source: EPA SDWIS service area boundaries.
Service area boundary
Service Area Demographics
The Orchard Heights Water Assn serves a community with a median household income of $99,178 and an estimated 37,348 residents across its service area. Approximately 49% of housing stock was built before 1986, which increases the likelihood of lead service lines and older plumbing.
🌊 Where Does Your Water Come From?
Orchard Heights Water Assn's water is drawn from rivers, lakes, or reservoirs. Surface water sources are more exposed to agricultural runoff, stormwater, and upstream discharges, but they typically receive more intensive treatment before reaching your tap.
About 2% of homes in Polk County, Oregon rely on private wells rather than public water systems. Private well owners are responsible for their own water testing and treatment.
Infrastructure Risk
Comparable Water Systems
Similar-sized systems in Oregon
Estimated Remediation Costs
Average estimated costs across ZIP codes served by this system
Based on national averages for common remediation projects. Actual costs vary by property. Only issues flagged by EPA, FEMA, or state data for each ZIP code are included.
System Overview
Orchard Heights Water Assn (EPA ID: OR4100783) is a community water system in Oregon that serves approximately 381 people from surface water sources.
This system provides water to 2 ZIP codes across 2 communities.
Violation History
Lead & Copper
No Lead and Copper Rule sampling data available for this water system.
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ZIP Codes Served
Coverage: 1 ZIP code confirmed via EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3 plus 1 additional ZIP inferred from SDWIS registry data. The EPA-confirmed set is the most reliable; SDWIS-inferred entries may be narrower than the real deployment area.
Data Sources
This report uses public data from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). View the full compliance record for Orchard Heights Water Assn (OR4100783) on EPA.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Orchard Heights Water Assn water safe to drink?
Based on EPA records, Orchard Heights Water Assn has no recorded violations in the past 5 years — a positive indicator of water quality management.
How many people does Orchard Heights Water Assn serve?
Orchard Heights Water Assn serves approximately 381 people across 2 ZIP codes in Oregon.
Where does Orchard Heights Water Assn get its water?
The primary water source is surface water.
Lead Service Line Inventory
Service line breakdown reported under the federal Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) inventory requirement:
This system reports zero confirmed lead service lines in its inventory. Unknown-material counts may still warrant verification.
Federal LCRI rule (effective October 2024) requires every public water system to inventory its service lines and complete lead-line replacement within 10 years.
Source: EPA SDWIS Federal Service Line Inventory (Phase 2) · Submitted 2026
ZipCheckup is not affiliated with the utility or state agency. Inventory figures render verbatim from the public LCRI submission cited above; ZipCheckup does not perform inspections or replacements.