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Brothers Stage Stop

At a glance

Brothers Stage Stop (PWSID OR4194172) is an active transient non-community water system in Deschutes County, Oregon. It reports serving 30 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2020.

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

Population served

30

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDOR4194172
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served30
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyOR state drinking water program
City served—
StateOregon
ZIP—
CountyDeschutes County

How does Brothers Stage Stop compare with other water systems in Deschutes County?

By EPA's size categories, Brothers Stage Stop is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Deschutes County has 135 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,515 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 204,467 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 Brothers Stage Stop 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 Brothers Stage Stop?

EPA lists Brothers Stage Stop 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. 94 of the 135 active systems in Deschutes County (70%) are also privately owned.

Does Brothers Stage Stop have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2020. The violations listed here began between November 2018 and June 2020. By type: 12 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (12 of them). EPA lists 12 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2020-06-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2020-05-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2020-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2020-03-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2020-02-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2020-01-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2019-10-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2019-05-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2019-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2019-02-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2018-12-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2018-11-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved

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.

Brothers Stage Stop: frequently asked questions

Who runs Brothers Stage Stop?

Brothers Stage Stop (PWSID OR4194172) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the OR state drinking water program.

How many people does Brothers Stage Stop serve?

Brothers Stage Stop reports serving 30 people through 1 service connection in Deschutes County, Oregon.

Where does Brothers Stage Stop 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 Brothers Stage Stop 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 June 2020. 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 Brothers Stage Stop'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 June 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the OR state drinking water program.

Where can I find Brothers Stage Stop's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Brothers Stage Stop 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 Deschutes County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Bend, City ofDeschutes77,704CommunitySurface water
Redmond Water DepartmentDeschutes37,566CommunityGroundwater
Avion Wc - Greater AvionDeschutes35,332CommunityGroundwater
Roats Water SystemDeschutes6,469CommunityGroundwater
Sunriver Water LLC/Sunriver UtilitiesDeschutes4,300CommunityGroundwater
Sisters, City ofDeschutes3,778CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Brothers Stage Stop, PWSID OR4194172, Oregon”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/oregon/brothers-stage-stop-or4194172 (data as of October 1, 2026).