Hidden Meadows Subdivision, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.14 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 Hidden Meadows Subdivision
Hidden Meadows Subdivision serves about 40 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lane County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4101508; phone on file: 541-342-1718. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (1.91 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hidden Meadows Subdivision is 7.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.14 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.91 ppb |
| 2018 | 7.3 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Hidden Meadows Subdivision's 2.14 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Oregon and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
71 other systems share Lane County; 28 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hidden Meadows Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eugene Water & Electric Board | 176,000 | 4.5 ppb |
| Springfield Utility Board | 62,100 | 2.84 ppb |
| Cottage Grove, City Of | 10,879 | 8 ppb |
| Florence, City Of | 9,561 | 3.22 ppb |
| Junction City Water Utilities | 7,000 | 1.3 ppb |
| Rainbow Water District | 6,300 | 2.1 ppb |
| Creswell, City Of | 5,585 | 3.43 ppb |
| Veneta, City Of | 5,200 | 1.92 ppb |
| Heceta Water Peoples Utility District | 4,921 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oakridge, City Of | 3,200 | 14.2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Eugene, 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 Hidden Meadows Subdivision 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.