Heppner, City Of, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.54 ppb (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. 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 Heppner, City Of
Heppner, City Of serves about 1,187 people through 705 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 Morrow County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100369; phone on file: 541-676-9618. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 9.96 ppb from 10.5 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Heppner, City Of is 10.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.54 ppb |
| 2023 | 10.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 9.34 ppb |
| 2017 | 6.16 ppb |
How Heppner, 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. Heppner, City Of's 0.54 ppb sits at the 42nd percentile in Oregon and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Morrow County
7 other systems share Morrow County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Heppner, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Boardman, City Of | 5,749 | 0 (not detected) |
| Irrigon, City Of | 2,133 | 2 ppb |
| Ione, City Of | 330 | 1 ppb |
| Lexington, Town Of | 255 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country Garden Estates Mhp | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Green Acres | 97 | 0 (not detected) |
| Black Mountain Water District | 43 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Heppner, 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 Heppner, 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.