Hawks Point

EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the Oregon Health Authority, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2021 - March 2021), tap water provided by this water utility was in serious violation federal health-based drinking water standards.

Utility Details

Lane County, Oregon
Serves: 75
Data available: 2014-2019
Source: Groundwater

Contaminants Detected

EXCEED
EWG HEALTH
GUIDELINES

5 Total Contaminants

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Legal limits for contaminants in tap water have not been updated in almost 20 years.
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Contaminants Detected

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Arsenic

Potential Effect: cancer1,897x EWG'S HEALTH GUIDELINE

THIS UTILITY7.59 ppb

EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE0.004 ppb

LEGAL LIMIT10 ppb

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Radium, combined (-226 & -228)

Potential Effect: cancer18x EWG'S HEALTH GUIDELINE

THIS UTILITY0.91 pCi/L

EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE0.05 pCi/L

LEGAL LIMIT5 pCi/L

DETAILS

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)†

Potential Effect: cancer52x EWG'S HEALTH GUIDELINE

THIS UTILITY7.79 ppb

EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE0.15 ppb

LEGAL LIMIT80 ppb

DETAILS

Includes chemicals detected in 2017-2019 for which annual utility averages exceeded an EWG-selected health guideline established by a federal or state public health authority; radiological contaminants detected between 2014 and 2019.

† HAA5 is a contaminant group that includes monochloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, monobromoacetic acid and dibromoacetic acid. HAA9 is a contaminant group that includes the chemicals in HAA5 and bromochloroacetic acid, bromodichloroacetic acid, chlorodibromoacetic acid and tribromoacetic acid. TTHM is a contaminant group that includes bromodichloromethane, bromoform, chloroform and dibromochloromethane.

Barium

THIS UTILITY2.52 ppb

EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE700 ppb

LEGAL LIMIT2,000 ppb

DETAILS

Nitrate

THIS UTILITY0.0103 ppm

EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE0.14 ppm

LEGAL LIMIT10 ppm

DETAILS

Includes chemicals detected in 2017-2019 for which annual utility averages were lower than an EWG-selected health guideline established by a federal or state public health authori.

Other Contaminants Tested

Chemicals tested for but not detected from 2014 to 2019:

1,1,1-Trichloroethane , 1,1,2-Trichloroethane , 1,1-Dichloroethylene , 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene , 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) , 1,2-Dichloroethane , 1,2-Dichloropropane , 2,4,5-TP (Silvex) , 2,4-D , Alachlor (Lasso) , Antimony , Atrazine , Benzene , Benzo[a]pyrene , Beryllium , Cadmium , Carbofuran , Carbon tetrachloride , Chlordane , Chromium (total) , cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene , Combined uranium , Cyanide , Dalapon , Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate , Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate , Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) , Dinoseb , Diquat , Endothall , Endrin , Ethylbenzene , Ethylene dibromide , Fluoride , Glyphosate , Haloacetic acids (HAA5) , Heptachlor , Heptachlor epoxide , Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) , Hexachlorocyclopentadiene , Lindane , Mercury (inorganic) , Methoxychlor , Monochlorobenzene (chlorobenzene) , Nitrate & nitrite , Nitrite , o-Dichlorobenzene , Oxamyl (Vydate) , p-Dichlorobenzene , Pentachlorophenol , Picloram , Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) , Selenium , Simazine , Styrene , Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) , Thallium , Toluene , Toxaphene , trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene , Trichloroethylene , Vinyl chloride , Xylenes (total)

Hawks Point compliance with legally mandated federal standards:

From April 2019 to March 2021, Hawks Point did not comply with health-based drinking water standards.
5 QUARTERS
in violation of any federal drinking water standard from April 2019 to March 2021
Over the last 3 years this water utility has spent
1 QUARTER
in significant violation of federal drinking water standards

Information in this section on Hawks Point comes from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History Online database (ECHO).

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Water Filters That Can Reduce Contaminant Levels

Contaminant	Activated Carbon	Reverse Osmosis	Ion Exchange
CONTAMINANTS ABOVE HEALTH GUIDELINES
Arsenic		✔	✔
Radium, combined (-226 & -228)		✔	✔
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)	✔	✔
OTHER CONTAMINANTS DETECTED
Barium		✔	✔
Nitrate		✔	✔

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