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Barenbrug Water System

At a glance

Barenbrug Water System (PWSID OR4195566) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Linn County, Oregon. It reports serving 100 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2023.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

100

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDOR4195566

System typeNon-transient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served100

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyOR state drinking water program

City served—

StateOregon

ZIP—

CountyLinn County

How does Barenbrug Water System compare with other water systems in Linn County?

By EPA's size categories, Barenbrug Water System is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Linn County has 161 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 769 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 123,772 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Oregon, the 2,536 active systems average 1,587 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Barenbrug Water System is well below that figure.

What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Oregon has 346 active non-transient non-community water systems, 14% of the state's 2,536 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 2,175 Oregon systems (86%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Barenbrug Water System?

EPA lists Barenbrug Water System as privately owned. The OR state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 99 of the 161 active systems in Linn County (61%) are also privately owned.

Does Barenbrug Water System have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2023. The violations listed here began between April 2018 and October 2023. By type: 6 monitoring, 2 monitoring and reporting, 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (7 of them). EPA lists 10 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2023-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-03-23	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2020-03-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-01-11	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Level 1 Assessment (RTCR) · code 2A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2019-01-01	Monitoring and reportingInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu · code 51	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2018-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-07-01	Monitoring and reportingInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu · code 51	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2018-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved

All 10 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Barenbrug Water System: frequently asked questions

Who runs Barenbrug Water System?

Barenbrug Water System (PWSID OR4195566) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the OR state drinking water program.

How many people does Barenbrug Water System serve?

Barenbrug Water System reports serving 100 people through 1 service connection in Linn County, Oregon.

Where does Barenbrug Water System get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Barenbrug Water System have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2023. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Barenbrug Water System's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the OR state drinking water program.

Where can I find Barenbrug Water System's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Barenbrug Water System is a non-transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Linn County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Albany, City of	Linn	57,997	Community	Surface water
Lebanon, City of	Linn	18,945	Community	Surface water
Sweet Home, City of	Linn	10,322	Community	Surface water
Harrisburg, City of	Linn	3,684	Community	Groundwater
City of Millersburg	Linn	2,615	Community	Purchased surface water
Brownsville, City of	Linn	1,906	Community	Groundwater under influence of surface water

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Barenbrug Water System, PWSID OR4195566, Oregon”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/oregon/barenbrug-water-system-or4195566 (data as of October 1, 2026).