Kerby Water District, OR
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
About Kerby Water District
Kerby Water District serves about 400 people through 126 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Josephine County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4101521; phone on file: 541-592-2156. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Kerby Water District's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kerby Water District is 0 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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. Kerby Water District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 28th percentile in Oregon and the 21st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
34 other systems share Josephine County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Kerby Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Grants Pass, City Of | 37,138 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cave Junction, City Of | 2,160 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rogue Lea Estates-North/South | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Family Redwood Park Cooperative | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Willow Estates Mobile Home Pk | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country Estates Mobile Park | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riviera Mobile Park | 150 | 3.06 ppb |
| Norwood Pud | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
| River Haven Mobile Home Estates | 140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parkdale Water System | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Kerby Water District'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 Kerby 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.