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Each year the City of Bend provides the Water Quality Report to all of its customers. The report contains important information about City of Bend drinking water.

LEAD SERVICE LINE INVENTORY RESULTS

The Bend Water Department in October 2024 determined it has no lead or galvanized-requiring-replacement service lines in its distribution system. This includes any privately-owned or customer-owned service lines.

Visit this page for information about testing for lead and copper and our local service line inventory results, and to learn about how the service line inventory was conducted, visit the Service Line Inventory Project webpage.

PFAS

The City of Bend Water Department is committed to providing its customers with safe, reliable drinking water. Learn more about how the City of Bend is working closely with national regulatory developments regarding perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, which can be found in drinking water.

Click this link for PFAS information.

ANNUAL WATER QUALITY REPORT

As of 2013 water providers are able to notify customers of the report’s availability online instead of mailing a paper copy to each customer. A paper copy can be requested by calling the Utility Department at (541) 317-3000, ext. 2 or by submitting an on-line request.

Previous Water Quality Report

2022 Water Quality Report
Request additional archived reports by calling 541-317-3000, ext. 2.

MORE ABOUT CITY OF BEND WATER

Customer Welcome webpage is a quick guide to where City of Bend water comes from, where it goes after you use it, how to pay for it, ways you can protect it and more.
(Bienvenido al Cliente)
Bend Water Basics includes information about water hardness, fluoride and where to access specific water information for your hobby.

DEVELOPMENTS IN WATER QUALITY

SOURCE WATER ASSESSMENT UPDATE

Groundwater Assessment - Executive Summary - October 2013
This project was funded in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, through the Oregon Safe Drinking Water Program administered by the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority.
Source Water Assessment of Bend's surface water was completed in 2003.