Diamond Lake Lodge/Resort, OR
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Diamond Lake Lodge/Resort at a glance
Diamond Lake Lodge/Resort serves about 90 people through 70 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Douglas County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4192104; phone on file: 541-643-6137. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2018 (4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Diamond Lake Lodge/Resort is 18 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2018 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 7 ppb |
| 2016 | 10 ppb |
| 2016 | 18 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 10 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. Diamond Lake Lodge/Resort's 5 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Oregon and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
35 other systems share Douglas County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Diamond Lake Lodge/Resort. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Roseburg, City Of | 28,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Umpqua Basin Water Assoc | 9,499 | 3 ppb |
| Winston-Dillard Water District | 8,300 | 7 ppb |
| Sutherlin, City Of | 8,060 | 3 ppb |
| Green Area Water & Sanitary Authority | 7,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Reedsport, City Of | 4,836 | 4 ppb |
| Myrtle Creek, City Of | 3,501 | 5 ppb |
| Tri-City Jw&Sa | 3,500 | 2 ppb |
| Canyonville, City Of | 1,662 | 2 ppb |
| Glide Water Association | 1,523 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Riddle, 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 Diamond Lake Lodge/Resort 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.