Hidden Meadows Water Assn Inc, OR
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2027). 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.
Who runs the water here
Hidden Meadows Water Assn Inc serves about 110 people through 33 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Yamhill County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4101464; phone on file: 503-554-8333. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Hidden Meadows Water Assn Inc's lead record
That is down 3.24 ppb from 3.24 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hidden Meadows Water Assn Inc is 4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 3.24 ppb |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Hidden Meadows Water Assn Inc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 17th percentile in Oregon and the 10th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Yamhill County
37 other systems share Yamhill County; 22 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hidden Meadows Water Assn Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mcminnville Water & Light | 34,515 | 1.2 ppb |
| Newberg, City Of | 25,138 | 2.32 ppb |
| Sheridan, City Of | 6,494 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lafayette, City Of | 4,423 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dundee, City Of | 2,960 | 1.1 ppb |
| Dayton, City Of | 2,535 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carlton, City Of | 2,270 | 1.8 ppb |
| Willamina, City Of | 2,239 | 2.4 ppb |
| Amity, City Of | 1,810 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yamhill, City Of | 1,199 | 2.92 ppb |
Next steps for Newberg, OR
Look up your address in Hidden Meadows Water Assn Inc'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 Hidden Meadows Water Assn Inc 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.