Drain, City Of, OR
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Drain, City Of serves about 1,194 people through 629 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 Douglas County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100260; phone on file: 541-836-2037. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Drain, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (10 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Drain, City Of is 31 ppb across 14 monitoring periods, 3 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2025 | 10 ppb |
| 2025 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2024 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2024 | 7 ppb |
| 2023 | 9 ppb |
| 2023 | 19 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 31 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 3.94 ppb |
| 2016 | 22.4 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 11.5 ppb over 10 |
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. Drain, City Of's 11 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Oregon and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Douglas County
35 other systems share Douglas County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Drain, City Of. 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; Drain, 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 Drain, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.