# SUNNY ACRES WATER CO ET AL
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53983`
- **Case Number:** 10-1984-0002
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $2K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BOYD, WILLIAM R. (complaint) (settlement)
- SUNNY ACRES WATER CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SUNNY ACRES WATER CO., AN OREGON CORP., PROVIDES WATER     THROUGH 40 SERVICE CONNECTIONS TO ABOUT 105 PEOPLE LOCATED   IN A COMMUNITY NEAR NEWBERG, OREGON.  THE SIZE OF THE SUNNY  ACRES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ESTABLISHES IT AS A PUBLIC WATER   SYSTEM THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE MONITORING AND REPORTING RE-   QUIREMENTS OF THE SDWA.  THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY IS     WILLIAM BOYD.                                                  SUNNY ACRES PURCHASES ITS WATER FROM THE CITY OF NEWBERG,  OREGON.  SINCE IT IN TURN SELLS THE WATER TO ITS CUSTOMERS,  IT IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT.  HOWEVER, EPA HAS THE DISCRETION TO MODIFY THE USUAL MONITORING & RE-  PORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH 'CONSECUTIVE' WATER SYSTEMS.   EPA REGION 10 HAS ESTABLISHED A GENERAL POLICY THAT          CONSECUTIVE WATER SYSTEMS NEED ONLY MONITOR AND REPORT FOR   BACTERIALOGICAL CONTAMINANTS WHEN THE SYSTEM FROM WHICH      THEIR WATER IS OBTAINED PERFORMS ANALYSES FOR THE REMAINING  CONTAMINANTS THAT ARE REGULATED UNDER THE SDWA -- SUCH AS    TURBIDITY AND CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS.  THIS POLICY WAS        EXPLAINED TO SUNNY ACRES ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.  THE      FIRST SUCH NOTICE WAS IN APRIL OF 1980.                        DESPITE REPEATED CONTACTS FROM EPA, SUNNY ACRES HAS FAILED TO PERFORM EVEN THE MINIMAL ONCE-MONTHLY MICROBIOLGICAL      SAMPLING THAT IS REQUIRED OF IT.  EPA RECORDS SHOW THAT IN   THE PERIOD FROM APRIL, 1980 THROUGH FEBRUARY, 1984, SUNNY    ACRES HAS SAMPLED FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL 

---
*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*