Beaver Water District, OR
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2027). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Beaver Water District serves about 600 people through 184 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Tillamook County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100199; phone on file: 503-457-3597. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Beaver Water District is 0 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Oregon systems
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. Beaver Water District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 30th percentile in Oregon and the 23rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Tillamook County
34 other systems share Tillamook County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Beaver Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tillamook Water Dept, City Of | 5,265 | 0 (not detected) |
| Manzanita, City Of | 3,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairview Water District | 1,930 | 2.03 ppb |
| Netarts Water District | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Neskowin Reg Water Dist | 1,735 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nehalem, City Of | 1,700 | 1.92 ppb |
| Rockaway Beach, City Of | 1,533 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bay City Water System | 1,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Long Prairie Water District | 1,052 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pacific City Joint Water - San Auth | 1,000 | 1.8 ppb |
Next steps for Cloverdale, OR
Look up your address in Beaver Water District's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Beaver Water District 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.