Hiland Wc - Echo Mountain, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Hiland Wc - Echo Mountain at a glance
Hiland Wc - Echo Mountain serves about 362 people through 142 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lincoln County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100605; phone on file: 503-554-8333. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Hiland Wc - Echo Mountain's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hiland Wc - Echo Mountain is 5 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Hiland Wc - Echo Mountain's 3 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Oregon and the 82nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
31 other systems share Lincoln County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hiland Wc - Echo Mountain. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lincoln City, City Of | 20,830 | 1.4 ppb |
| Newport, City Of | 10,439 | 2.1 ppb |
| Seal Rock Water District | 6,000 | 4.5 ppb |
| Kernville-Gleneden-Linc Bch Wd | 5,609 | 3.07 ppb |
| Toledo Water Utilities | 3,645 | 2.67 ppb |
| Sw Lincoln Co Water Pud | 3,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waldport, City Of | 2,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Depoe Bay, City Of | 1,398 | 0 (not detected) |
| Siletz, City Of | 1,235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yachats, City Of | 1,006 | 1.76 ppb |
Next steps for Newberg, OR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Newberg, 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 Hiland Wc - Echo Mountain 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.