Berndt Creek Water Corp, OR
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Berndt Creek Water Corp at a glance
Berndt Creek Water Corp serves about 45 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Columbia County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4105737; phone on file: 971-295-1965. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (0.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Berndt Creek Water Corp is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
How Berndt Creek Water Corp 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. Berndt Creek Water Corp's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 4th percentile in Oregon and the 3rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
37 other systems share Columbia County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Berndt Creek Water Corp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| St Helens, City Of | 13,410 | 1.03 ppb |
| Scappoose, City Of | 8,710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mcnulty Water Pud | 2,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vernonia, City Of | 2,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clatskanie, City Of | 2,096 | 1.27 ppb |
| Warren Water Association | 2,050 | 0 (not detected) |
| Columbia City Mun Waterworks | 1,995 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Rainier | 1,932 | 0 (not detected) |
| Western Hills Mh Estates | 375 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fishhawk Lake Reserve And Community | 350 | 6.25 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Berndt Creek Water Corp'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 Berndt Creek Water Corp 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.