Bridge Water District, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.81 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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
Bridge Water District serves about 150 people through 53 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 surface water, in Coos County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100552; phone on file: 541-290-9661. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 7.79 ppb from 8.6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bridge Water District is 11.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.81 ppb |
| 2022 | 8.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 11.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 10.3 ppb over 10 |
Where this result ranks
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. Bridge Water District's 0.81 ppb sits at the 47th percentile in Oregon and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Coos County
21 other systems share Coos County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bridge Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Coos Bay North Bend Wtr Brd | 34,500 | 1.83 ppb |
| Coquille, City Of | 3,953 | 4.36 ppb |
| Bandon, City Of | 3,000 | 0.89 ppb |
| Myrtle Point, City Of | 2,656 | 1.77 ppb |
| Lakeside Water District | 1,800 | 2.21 ppb |
| Powers, City Of | 712 | 1.86 ppb |
| Shelley Road-Crest Acres Wd | 430 | 0.85 ppb |
| Rink Creek Water District | 285 | 1.02 ppb |
| Bandon Coastal Dunes | 225 | 6.13 ppb |
| Garden Valley Water Association | 84 | 4 ppb |
Next steps for Myrtle Point, OR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Myrtle Point, 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 Bridge 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.