Canby Utility, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 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.
About Canby Utility
Canby Utility serves about 18,754 people through 5,743 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Clackamas County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100157; phone on file: 503-263-4306. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Canby Utility's lead record
That is up 1.12 ppb from 0.98 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Canby Utility is 2.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.98 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
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. Canby Utility's 2.1 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Oregon and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
85 other systems share Clackamas County; 31 of them have a higher latest lead result than Canby Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Water Authority | 50,003 | 3 ppb |
| Lake Oswego Municipal Water | 40,000 | 1.8 ppb |
| Oregon City | 33,940 | 1.84 ppb |
| Oak Lodge Water Services | 30,000 | 2.67 ppb |
| Clackamas River Water | 29,918 | 1.73 ppb |
| West Linn, City Of | 28,000 | 1.84 ppb |
| Wilsonville, City Of | 25,915 | 7.6 ppb |
| Milwaukie, City Of | 20,946 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clackamas River Water - Clairmont | 19,928 | 1.99 ppb |
| Sandy, City Of | 12,991 | 4.14 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Canby, 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 Canby Utility 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.