Adrian, City Of, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.31 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Adrian, City Of serves about 159 people through 100 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Malheur County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100002; phone on file: 541-372-2179. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 6.29 ppb from 10.6 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Adrian, City Of is 12.2 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.31 ppb |
| 2023 | 10.6 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 7.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 7.21 ppb |
| 2019 | 12.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 4.47 ppb |
How Adrian, City Of compares
Of the 909 Oregon systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 71 have gone over at some point. Adrian, City Of's 4.31 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Oregon and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Malheur County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Adrian, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario, City Of | 14,465 | 2.07 ppb |
| Nyssa, City Of | 3,285 | 1.63 ppb |
| Vale, City Of | 1,837 | 7.41 ppb |
| Jordan Valley, City Of | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fischers Place Mhp | 130 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Adrian, OR may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Adrian, City Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.