Gnr Water District, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.6 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Gnr Water District at a glance
Gnr Water District serves about 60 people through 29 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Clackamas County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4101050; phone on file: 503-806-4734. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Gnr Water District's lead record
That is up 4.4 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gnr Water District is 5.6 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
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. Gnr Water District's 5.6 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Oregon and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
85 other systems share Clackamas County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gnr Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Water Authority | 50,003 | 3 ppb |
| Lake Oswego Municipal Water | 40,000 | 1.8 ppb |
| Oregon City | 33,940 | 1.84 ppb |
| Oak Lodge Water Services | 30,000 | 2.67 ppb |
| Clackamas River Water | 29,918 | 1.73 ppb |
| West Linn, City Of | 28,000 | 1.84 ppb |
| Wilsonville, City Of | 25,915 | 7.6 ppb |
| Milwaukie, City Of | 20,946 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clackamas River Water - Clairmont | 19,928 | 1.99 ppb |
| Canby Utility | 18,754 | 2.1 ppb |
Next steps for Sandy, OR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sandy, 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 Gnr Water District 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.