Lower Siletz Water System, OR
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Lower Siletz Water System at a glance
Lower Siletz Water System serves about 165 people through 159 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Lincoln County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4101428; phone on file: 541-994-0030. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lower Siletz Water System'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 Lower Siletz Water System is 1.59 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.59 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. Lower Siletz Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 21st percentile in Oregon and the 14th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
31 other systems share Lincoln County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lower Siletz Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lincoln City, City Of | 20,830 | 1.4 ppb |
| Newport, City Of | 10,439 | 2.1 ppb |
| Seal Rock Water District | 6,000 | 4.5 ppb |
| Kernville-Gleneden-Linc Bch Wd | 5,609 | 3.07 ppb |
| Toledo Water Utilities | 3,645 | 2.67 ppb |
| Sw Lincoln Co Water Pud | 3,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waldport, City Of | 2,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Depoe Bay, City Of | 1,398 | 0 (not detected) |
| Siletz, City Of | 1,235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yachats, City Of | 1,006 | 1.76 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Lower Siletz Water System'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 Lower Siletz Water System 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.