Hiland Wc - Shadow Wood, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.98 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.
Hiland Wc - Shadow Wood at a glance
Hiland Wc - Shadow Wood serves about 175 people through 65 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Clackamas County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100947; phone on file: 503-554-8333. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Hiland Wc - Shadow Wood's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hiland Wc - Shadow Wood is 5 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.98 ppb |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
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. Hiland Wc - Shadow Wood's 0.98 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in Oregon and the 50th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
85 other systems share Clackamas County; 60 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hiland Wc - Shadow Wood. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Water Authority | 50,003 | 3 ppb |
| Lake Oswego Municipal Water | 40,000 | 1.8 ppb |
| Oregon City | 33,940 | 1.84 ppb |
| Oak Lodge Water Services | 30,000 | 2.67 ppb |
| Clackamas River Water | 29,918 | 1.73 ppb |
| West Linn, City Of | 28,000 | 1.84 ppb |
| Wilsonville, City Of | 25,915 | 7.6 ppb |
| Milwaukie, City Of | 20,946 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clackamas River Water - Clairmont | 19,928 | 1.99 ppb |
| Canby Utility | 18,754 | 2.1 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 - Shadow Wood 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.