Grants Pass, City Of, OR
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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 Grants Pass, City Of
Grants Pass, City Of serves about 37,138 people through 11,030 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Josephine County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100342; phone on file: 541-450-6132. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Grants Pass, City Of is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Grants Pass, 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. Grants Pass, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 38th percentile in Oregon and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
34 other systems share Josephine County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Grants Pass, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cave Junction, City Of | 2,160 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kerby Water District | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rogue Lea Estates-North/South | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Family Redwood Park Cooperative | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Willow Estates Mobile Home Pk | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country Estates Mobile Park | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riviera Mobile Park | 150 | 3.06 ppb |
| Norwood Pud | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
| River Haven Mobile Home Estates | 140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parkdale Water System | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Grants Pass, OR
Look up your address in Grants Pass, 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 Grants Pass, 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.