Kingswood Heights Water Co-Op, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2018-2020). 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
Kingswood Heights Water Co-Op serves about 138 people through 47 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: OR4100358; phone on file: 503-806-4734. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2017 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kingswood Heights Water Co-Op is 1 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Kingswood Heights Water Co-Op 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. Kingswood Heights Water Co-Op's 1 ppb sits at the 51st percentile in Oregon and the 52nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
85 other systems share Clackamas County; 59 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kingswood Heights Water Co-Op. 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 |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sandy, 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 Kingswood Heights Water Co-Op 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.