Public water system · OR4195616
ActiveSweet Cheeks Winery
At a glance
Sweet Cheeks Winery (PWSID OR4195616) is an active transient non-community water system in Lane County, Oregon. It reports serving 125 people through 2 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2022.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
125
Service connections
2
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Sweet Cheeks Winery compare with other water systems in Lane County?
By EPA's size categories, Sweet Cheeks Winery is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Lane County has 231 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,415 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 326,858 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 Sweet Cheeks Winery is about 13% 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 Sweet Cheeks Winery?
EPA lists Sweet Cheeks Winery 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. 155 of the 231 active systems in Lane County (67%) are also privately owned.
Does Sweet Cheeks Winery have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2022. The violations listed here began between October 2019 and January 2022. By type: 2 monitoring and reporting and 2 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Coliphage (2 of them). EPA lists 2 as archived and 2 as resolved. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingFailure to Conduct Assessment Monitoring · code 19 | Coliphagecode 3028 | No | Archived |
| 2022-01-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2022-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingFailure to Conduct Assessment Monitoring · code 19 | Coliphagecode 3028 | No | Archived |
| 2019-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
All 4 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.
Sweet Cheeks Winery: frequently asked questions
Who runs Sweet Cheeks Winery?
Sweet Cheeks Winery (PWSID OR4195616) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the OR state drinking water program.
How many people does Sweet Cheeks Winery serve?
Sweet Cheeks Winery reports serving 125 people through 2 service connections in Lane County, Oregon.
Where does Sweet Cheeks Winery 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 Sweet Cheeks Winery have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2022. 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 Sweet Cheeks Winery'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 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2022. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the OR state drinking water program.
Where can I find Sweet Cheeks Winery's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Sweet Cheeks Winery 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 Lane County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Water & Electric Board | Lane | 176,000 | Community | Surface water |
| Springfield Utility Board | Lane | 62,100 | Community | Surface water |
| Cottage Grove, City of | Lane | 10,879 | Community | Surface water |
| Florence, City of | Lane | 9,561 | Community | Groundwater |
| Junction City Water Utilities | Lane | 7,000 | Community | Groundwater |
| Rainbow Water District | Lane | 6,300 | 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, “Sweet Cheeks Winery, PWSID OR4195616, Oregon”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/oregon/sweet-cheeks-winery-or4195616 (data as of October 1, 2026).