Brownsville, City Of, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.56 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Brownsville, City Of at a glance
Brownsville, City Of serves about 1,906 people through 874 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 Linn County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100152. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 5.56 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brownsville, City Of is 5.56 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.56 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 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. Brownsville, City Of's 5.56 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Oregon and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Linn County
38 other systems share Linn County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brownsville, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Albany, City Of | 57,997 | 2.7 ppb |
| Lebanon, City Of | 18,945 | 8.16 ppb |
| Sweet Home, City Of | 10,322 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harrisburg, City Of | 3,684 | 4.02 ppb |
| City Of Millersburg | 2,615 | 1.2 ppb |
| Mill City Water Department | 1,830 | 2.3 ppb |
| Lyons Mehama Water District | 1,300 | 3.6 ppb |
| Scio, City Of | 900 | 4.7 ppb |
| Halsey, City Of | 800 | 7.64 ppb |
| Sodaville, City Of | 320 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Brownsville, OR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brownsville, 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 Brownsville, 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.