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Blm Three Bear Rec Site

At a glance

Blm Three Bear Rec Site (PWSID OR4195521) is an active transient non-community water system in Clackamas County, Oregon. It reports serving 30 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by the federal government. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDOR4195521

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served30

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeFederal government

Primacy agencyOR state drinking water program

City served—

StateOregon

ZIP—

CountyClackamas County

How does Blm Three Bear Rec Site compare with other water systems in Clackamas County?

By EPA's size categories, Blm Three Bear Rec Site is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Clackamas County has 241 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,602 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 385,972 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Oregon, the 2,536 active systems average 1,587 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Blm Three Bear Rec Site is well below that figure.

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

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Oregon has 1,250 active transient non-community water systems, 49% 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 Blm Three Bear Rec Site?

EPA lists Blm Three Bear Rec Site as owned by the federal government. 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. 22 of the 241 active systems in Clackamas County (9.1%) are also owned by the federal government.

Does Blm Three Bear Rec Site have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. The violations listed here began between June 2017 and October 2025. By type: 8 monitoring and 4 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (8 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved and 1 as unaddressed. 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. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-10-13	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Unaddressed
2025-07-20	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2022-09-21	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2021-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2018-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent 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.

Blm Three Bear Rec Site: frequently asked questions

Who runs Blm Three Bear Rec Site?

Blm Three Bear Rec Site (PWSID OR4195521) is a transient non-community water system owned by the federal government. It is regulated by the OR state drinking water program.

How many people does Blm Three Bear Rec Site serve?

Blm Three Bear Rec Site reports serving 30 people through 1 service connection in Clackamas County, Oregon.

Where does Blm Three Bear Rec Site 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 Blm Three Bear Rec Site have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. 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 Blm Three Bear Rec Site'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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the OR state drinking water program.

Where can I find Blm Three Bear Rec Site's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Blm Three Bear Rec Site is a 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 Clackamas County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Sunrise Water Authority	Clackamas	50,003	Community	Purchased surface water
Lake Oswego Municipal Water	Clackamas	40,000	Community	Purchased surface water
Oregon City	Clackamas	33,940	Community	Purchased surface water
Oak Lodge Water Services	Clackamas	30,000	Community	Purchased surface water
Clackamas River Water	Clackamas	29,918	Community	Surface water
West Linn, City of	Clackamas	28,000	Community	Purchased 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, “Blm Three Bear Rec Site, PWSID OR4195521, Oregon”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/oregon/blm-three-bear-rec-site-or4195521 (data as of October 1, 2026).