CIVIL ACTION NO: 83-32 MIDLAND HAS 70 SERVICE CONNECTIONS SERVING APPROX 150 PEOPLE. FED JURISDICTION ATTACHES IN NON-PRIMARY STATES SUCH AS OREGON TO WATER SUPPLIERS W/EITHER 15 SERVICE CONNECTIONS OR 25 REGULAR CONSUMERS. 42 USC SEC 300F(4). MIDLAND HAS PERSISTENTLY VIOLATED SDWA REGULATIONS PUB- LISHED AT 40 CFR PART 141 BY NOT SAMPLING ITS WATER, NOT RE- PORTING SAMPLING RESULTS TO EPA, & NOT NOTIFYING BOTH EPA & ITS CONSUMERS OF THESE VIOL'S. FURTHERMORE, THE AGENCY HAS RECEIVED A CITIZEN COMPLAINT REGARDING THE QUALITY OF THE MIDLAND WATER. IN 6/82 THE REGN DOCUMENTED A SERIOUS VIOL OF THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL(MCL) FOR COLIFORM BACTERIA OF AS MUCH AS 40 TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT. COLIFORM BACTERIA MEAS- UREMENTS ARE USED AS INDICATORS OF THE PRESENCE OF PATHOGENS IN DRINKING WATER. THE MIDLAND SAMPLING RESULTS DENOTE A SERIOUS PROBLEM W/THIS DRINKING WATER SUPPLY. A SECOND EPA ANALYSIS OF MIDLAND'S WATER WAS MADE IN LATE 9/82, & SHOWED NOT ONLY CONTINUING CONTAMINATION FROM COLI- FORM BACTERIA, BUT ALSO THE PRESENCE OF FECAL COLIFORM & STAPHYLOCOCCUS BACTERIA. PROPOSED REMEDY: THE AGENCY SHOULD REQUEST THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST MIDLAND SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF COMPELLING IT TO SAMPLE & REPORT, & SEEKING APPROPRIATE CIVIL PLTY'S. THE SUIT SHOULD ALSO REQUEST THE CONSTRUC