Condon Heights Ws, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.21 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
Condon Heights Ws serves about 33 people through 27 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Gilliam County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4106024; phone on file: 541-980-4459. 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 2019 (0.46 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Condon Heights Ws is 1.21 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.21 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.46 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.92 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. Condon Heights Ws's 1.21 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Oregon and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
2 other systems share Gilliam County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Condon Heights Ws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Condon, City Of | 742 | 2.37 ppb |
| Arlington City Water Supply | 628 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Condon, 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 Condon Heights Ws 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.