Harrisburg, City Of, OR
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.02 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Harrisburg, City Of serves about 3,684 people through 1,257 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Linn County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100366; phone on file: 541-995-6655. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 12.58 ppb from 16.6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Harrisburg, City Of is 16.6 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.02 ppb |
| 2022 | 16.6 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 16.6 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 6.37 ppb |
| 2018 | 6.37 ppb |
| 2016 | 15 ppb over 10 |
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. Harrisburg, City Of's 4.02 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Oregon and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
38 other systems share Linn County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Harrisburg, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Albany, City Of | 57,997 | 2.7 ppb |
| Lebanon, City Of | 18,945 | 8.16 ppb |
| Sweet Home, City Of | 10,322 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Millersburg | 2,615 | 1.2 ppb |
| Brownsville, City Of | 1,906 | 5.56 ppb |
| Mill City Water Department | 1,830 | 2.3 ppb |
| Lyons Mehama Water District | 1,300 | 3.6 ppb |
| Scio, City Of | 900 | 4.7 ppb |
| Halsey, City Of | 800 | 7.64 ppb |
| Sodaville, City Of | 320 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Harrisburg, OR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Harrisburg, 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 Harrisburg, 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.