Lowell, City Of, OR
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.74 ppb (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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Lowell, City Of
Lowell, City Of serves about 1,264 people through 484 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Lane County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100492; phone on file: 541-554-2744. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.67 ppb from 5.07 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lowell, City Of is 17.8 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 6.74 ppb |
| 2025 | 5.07 ppb |
| 2025 | 17.8 ppb over 15 |
| 2025 | 8.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 17.8 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 10 ppb |
| 2021 | 10 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.97 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.97 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.88 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. Lowell, City Of's 6.74 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Oregon and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lane County
71 other systems share Lane County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lowell, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eugene Water & Electric Board | 176,000 | 4.5 ppb |
| Springfield Utility Board | 62,100 | 2.84 ppb |
| Cottage Grove, City Of | 10,879 | 8 ppb |
| Florence, City Of | 9,561 | 3.22 ppb |
| Junction City Water Utilities | 7,000 | 1.3 ppb |
| Rainbow Water District | 6,300 | 2.1 ppb |
| Creswell, City Of | 5,585 | 3.43 ppb |
| Veneta, City Of | 5,200 | 1.92 ppb |
| Heceta Water Peoples Utility District | 4,921 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oakridge, City Of | 3,200 | 14.2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lowell, 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 Lowell, City Of 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.