Ice Fountain Water District, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.11 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.
Who runs the water here
Ice Fountain Water District serves about 6,000 people through 2,268 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Hood River County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100387; phone on file: 541-386-4299. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Ice Fountain Water District's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ice Fountain Water District is 1.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.11 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.8 ppb |
How Ice Fountain Water District 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. Ice Fountain Water District's 1.11 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Oregon and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Hood River County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ice Fountain Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hood River, City Of | 8,577 | 1.7 ppb |
| Crystal Springs Water District | 5,973 | 3.3 ppb |
| Cascade Locks, City Of | 1,398 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parkdale Water Company Inc | 867 | 5 ppb |
| Aldridge Ditch Co Ws | 88 | 10.2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hood River, 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 Ice Fountain Water District 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.