Echo, City Of, OR
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Echo, City Of
Echo, City Of serves about 632 people through 280 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 groundwater, in Umatilla County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100270; phone on file: 541-449-3831. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Echo, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0.47 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Echo, City Of is 0.47 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.47 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.23 ppb |
How Echo, City Of compares
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. Echo, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 30th percentile in Oregon and the 24th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
30 other systems share Umatilla County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than Echo, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hermiston, City Of | 20,000 | 2 ppb |
| Pendleton, City Of | 16,996 | 3 ppb |
| Umatilla, City Of | 8,256 | 0 (not detected) |
| Milton-Freewater, City Of | 7,145 | 2 ppb |
| Stanfield, City Of | 2,115 | 2 ppb |
| Pilot Rock, City Of | 1,326 | 0 (not detected) |
| Athena, City Of | 1,238 | 1.76 ppb |
| Weston, City Of | 714 | 0 (not detected) |
| Adams Water Dept, City Of | 400 | 2 ppb |
| Vista Home Park | 300 | 5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Echo, City Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Echo, 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.