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Lead in Oregon drinking water

933 community water systems tested

10.1%
of tested systems exceeded the lead action level
(94/933)

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water systems

Lead value per system, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Systems that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SystemCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
SHANIKO WATER SYSTEM 38 0.0856 mg/L
MANNA HOUSE CHURCH 300 0.0850 mg/L
SCOTTS MILLS, CITY OF 421 0.0820 mg/L
SCAPPOOSE, CITY OF 8,710 0.0618 mg/L
JOHNSON CREEK WATER SERVICE 0 0.0542 mg/L
ZIG ZAG WATER CO-OP 60 0.0505 mg/L
SALMON RIVER RV PARK 69 0.0464 mg/L
PORT OF TILLAMOOK BAY 250 0.0415 mg/L
VERNONIA, CITY OF 2,100 0.0370 mg/L
HIGHLINE OAKS WATER UTILITY 242 0.0353 mg/L
ROCKAWAY BEACH, CITY OF 1,400 0.0342 mg/L
NORTH CLACKAMAS COUNTY WC 0 0.0330 mg/L
SHANGRI-LA WATER DISTRICT 200 0.0323 mg/L
FERNHILL COMMUNITY WTR SYSTEM 300 0.0320 mg/L
MANZANITA, CITY OF 3,200 0.0313 mg/L
PRINEVILLE MOBILE HOME PARK 130 0.0309 mg/L
SAND-N-WOOD MOBILE VILLA 60 0.0301 mg/L
LA WATER CO-OP 2,500 0.0300 mg/L
DUNN COURT DUPLEXES 88 0.0297 mg/L
WATFORD CITY MOBILE HOME PARK 52 0.0291 mg/L
HECETA WATER PEOPLES UTILITY DISTRICT 4,921 0.0284 mg/L
DIAMOND LAKE LODGE/RESORT 90 0.0280 mg/L
FERN VALLEY ESTATES IMPR DIST 135 0.0270 mg/L
CORBETT WATER DISTRICT 2,954 0.0266 mg/L
MYRTLE POINT, CITY OF 2,656 0.0264 mg/L
DEER ISLAND WATERWORKS 90 0.0260 mg/L
SEASIDE WATER DEPARTMENT 7,482 0.0258 mg/L
SOUTH FORK WATER BOARD 0 0.0254 mg/L
OCEANSIDE WATER DISTRICT 500 0.0251 mg/L
OREGON CITY 33,940 0.0251 mg/L
WEST LINN, CITY OF 28,000 0.0250 mg/L
CLACKAMAS RIVER WATER - CLAIRMONT 19,928 0.0250 mg/L
LAFAYETTE, CITY OF 4,423 0.0240 mg/L
ELDERBERRY NEHALEM WS 160 0.0236 mg/L
SUNNY ACRES WATER DISTRICT 130 0.0235 mg/L
BROWNSVILLE, CITY OF 1,906 0.0226 mg/L
REEDSPORT, CITY OF 4,836 0.0224 mg/L
MT ANGEL ABBEY 150 0.0222 mg/L
MAPLE ELSIE WATER SERVICE 100 0.0220 mg/L
GEARHART WATER DEPARTMENT 1,780 0.0218 mg/L
GATES, CITY OF 220 0.0217 mg/L
USFS WOLF CREEK JOB CORPS 291 0.0215 mg/L
ASTORIA, CITY OF 10,181 0.0210 mg/L
BETHEL PARK 125 0.0210 mg/L
PASS CREEK RV PARK LLC 50 0.0210 mg/L
PRESCOTT, CITY OF 70 0.0209 mg/L
WEST SLOPE WATER DISTRICT 11,000 0.0208 mg/L
MCKENZIE PALISADES WATER BOARD 50 0.0204 mg/L
SHADY OAKS ESTATES 648 0.0202 mg/L
PORTLAND WATER BUREAU 666,200 0.0198 mg/L
TUALATIN VALLEY WATER DISTRICT 224,600 0.0194 mg/L
DRAIN, CITY OF 1,194 0.0193 mg/L
YACHATS, CITY OF 1,006 0.0191 mg/L
ROCKWOOD PUD 65,443 0.0190 mg/L
TIGARD, CITY OF 62,500 0.0190 mg/L
TUALATIN, CITY OF 28,106 0.0190 mg/L
RALEIGH WATER DISTRICT 4,500 0.0190 mg/L
LAKE GROVE WATER DISTRICT 3,100 0.0190 mg/L
PLEASANT HOME WATER DISTRICT 1,510 0.0190 mg/L
PALATINE HILL WATER DISTRICT 1,500 0.0190 mg/L
VALLEY VIEW WATER DISTRICT 1,034 0.0190 mg/L
GRESHAM, CITY OF 73,932 0.0188 mg/L
ROW RIVER VALLEY WATER DIST 340 0.0185 mg/L
ROBBINS NEST RESIDENTIAL PARK 27 0.0178 mg/L
LAKE OSWEGO MUNICIPAL WATER 40,000 0.0175 mg/L
BURLINGTON WATER DISTRICT 340 0.0174 mg/L
LORNA WATER DISTRICT 212 0.0174 mg/L
OAK LODGE WATER SERVICES 30,000 0.0174 mg/L
LAURELWOOD WATER ASSOC 50 0.0174 mg/L
ALBANY, CITY OF 57,997 0.0172 mg/L
ALDER CREEK BARLOW WATER DIST 300 0.0172 mg/L
SKYVIEW ACRES WATER COMPANY 200 0.0170 mg/L
UNITY, CITY OF 40 0.0170 mg/L
COBBLESTONE MHP 100 0.0170 mg/L
ROCKY POINTE MARINA 125 0.0169 mg/L
SUNSTONE - BEAR CREEK 275 0.0169 mg/L
BIG FOOT MHP 60 0.0167 mg/L
CITY OF STAYTON 8,400 0.0165 mg/L
GARIBALDI WATER SYSTEM 837 0.0164 mg/L
MAGNOLIA MHP 75 0.0162 mg/L
PERIWINKLE MOBILE HOME PARK 55 0.0161 mg/L
POWERS, CITY OF 712 0.0161 mg/L
TILLAMOOK WATER DEPT, CITY OF 5,265 0.0160 mg/L
CHEHALEM VALLEY WATER ASSN 75 0.0160 mg/L
ANTELOPE, CITY OF 46 0.0160 mg/L
LAKEWOOD HOMEOWNERS 289 0.0156 mg/L
MULINO WATER DISTRICT 700 0.0156 mg/L
MAPLETON WATER DISTRICT 600 0.0156 mg/L
GRANDVIEW MOBILE HOME PARK 99 0.0155 mg/L
OR YOUTH AUTHORITY - MACLAREN 750 0.0154 mg/L
COUNTRY ESTATES MOBILE PARK 175 0.0154 mg/L
BREWSTER COMMUNITY HOMEOWNERS 70 0.0151 mg/L
LAKESHORE WATER COMPANY 135 0.0151 mg/L
SPAR TREE MHP 26 0.0151 mg/L
HARRISBURG, CITY OF 3,684 0.0150 mg/L
COLTON WATER DISTRICT 1,500 0.0150 mg/L
TABLE ROCK MOBILE ESTATES (NORTH&SOUTH) 150 0.0150 mg/L
LEISURE PINES MOBILE RANCH 50 0.0150 mg/L
WATSECO-BARVIEW WATER DISTRICT 450 0.0150 mg/L
ST HELENS, CITY OF 13,410 0.0148 mg/L