Century Meadows Inc, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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
Century Meadows Inc serves about 480 people through 163 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Marion County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100066; phone on file: 971-212-5782. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (1.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Century Meadows Inc is 6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 6 ppb |
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. Century Meadows Inc's 2 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Oregon and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
71 other systems share Marion County; 20 of them have a higher latest lead result than Century Meadows Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Salem Public Works | 199,820 | 2 ppb |
| Keizer, City Of | 38,585 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodburn, City Of | 29,455 | 3.4 ppb |
| Suburban East Salem Wd | 13,900 | 4.5 ppb |
| Silverton, City Of | 10,484 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Stayton | 8,400 | 6 ppb |
| Aumsville, City Of | 4,125 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mount Angel, City Of | 3,650 | 6.2 ppb |
| Hubbard, City Of | 3,478 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jefferson, City Of | 3,348 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Aurora, 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 Century Meadows Inc 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.