FAQ Category: Water Quality

Every month, Medford Water staff members collect and analyze hundreds of water samples from throughout the system. In fact, we test even more frequently and extensively than the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandates. The Safe Drinking Water Act requires water purveyors to test for nearly 100 chemicals, radiological and bacteriological contaminants—but we even look for things that…

For the hundreds of millions of water consumers in the United States, the Safe Drinking Water Act ensures that water quality standards are the same throughout the country. It identifies potential constituents in drinking water and sets safe limits for each of them.

During the winter months, our drinking water comes from Big Butte Springs. In the summer, water is supplemented from the Rogue River. For more information on these sources, visit our Water Resources page.