Garibaldi Water System, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.02 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.
About Garibaldi Water System
Garibaldi Water System serves about 837 people through 602 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 Tillamook County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100311; phone on file: 503-322-0217. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Garibaldi Water System's lead record
That is up 7.02 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Garibaldi Water System is 7.02 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.02 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Garibaldi Water System 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. Garibaldi Water System's 7.02 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Oregon and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
34 other systems share Tillamook County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Garibaldi Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tillamook Water Dept, City Of | 5,265 | 0 (not detected) |
| Manzanita, City Of | 3,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairview Water District | 1,930 | 2.03 ppb |
| Netarts Water District | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Neskowin Reg Water Dist | 1,735 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nehalem, City Of | 1,700 | 1.92 ppb |
| Rockaway Beach, City Of | 1,533 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bay City Water System | 1,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Long Prairie Water District | 1,052 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pacific City Joint Water - San Auth | 1,000 | 1.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Garibaldi, 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 Garibaldi Water System 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.