DEERHORN COMMUNITY WATER ASSOCIATION

Rainbow Water District entered into a contract to start assisting the Deerhorn Community Water Association in January 2016. Rainbow processes monthly water bills and provides the state-licensed operator responsible for overall water system operation. Rainbow supports Deerhorn operators with maintenance, repairs and troublehsooting.

The Deerhorn Community Water Association was established in 1968 as a nonprofit cooperative corporation to serve water to a rural subdivision. Deerhorn's water system uses two wells and two storage reservoirs to serve 121 homes. Deerhorn employs 3 part-time operators to perform daily operations and maintenance.

The annual Association Membership Meeting is held at 7 pm on a Monday in January. Board meetings are held as needed during the year.

Service Line Inventory. Deerhorn was required to inspect all 121 public/private water services within the water system and this project was completed in October 2024. The data staff collected confirmed there are no lead service lines.

Download the annual Water Quality Report for water quality information.

For bill & water questions, call Rainbow Water District at 541-746-1676
Mail bills to: Rainbow Water District, PO Box 8, Springfield, OR 97477

Please call for emergency assistance in the following order:

(1) DCWA Office and System Operators

805-234-5999 Lead Operator Steve Rogers
951-404-6467 Operator Doug Underwood
Operator Brian McMillan

(2) DCWA Board Members

541-896-3715 President Peter Barnett
360-907-5499 Vice President Jeff Graham
719-459-6919 Secretary-Treasurer Star Harmon
541-896-3166 Board Member Ken Kensler
541-556-8087 Board Member Richard Haynes

(3) Rainbow Water District

541-746-1676 RWD Office and 24-hour answering service/dispatcher