Falls City, City Of, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 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. 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
Falls City, City Of serves about 1,051 people through 468 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 Polk County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100297; phone on file: 503-787-3631. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Falls City, City Of's lead record
That is up 1.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Falls City, City Of is 1.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Falls City, City Of's 1.3 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Oregon and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Polk County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Falls City, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas, City Of | 17,911 | 4.3 ppb |
| Monmouth, City Of | 11,651 | 0 (not detected) |
| Independence Water System | 10,300 | 3 ppb |
| Luckiamute Domestic Water Coop | 2,738 | 1.2 ppb |
| Perrydale Domestic Wtr Assn | 2,655 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grand Ronde Community Wtr Assn | 2,500 | 2.3 ppb |
| Rickreall Water Association | 1,650 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buell-Red Prairie Wd | 800 | 1.3 ppb |
| Orchard Heights Water Assn | 381 | 1.5 ppb |
| Rock Creek Water District | 300 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Falls City, 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 Falls City, 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.