Lyons Mehama Water District, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.6 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2027). 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.
Lyons Mehama Water District at a glance
Lyons Mehama Water District serves about 1,300 people through 824 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 Linn County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100493; phone on file: 503-859-2367. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lyons Mehama Water District's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (3.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lyons Mehama Water District is 3.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.6 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. Lyons Mehama Water District's 3.6 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Oregon and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
38 other systems share Linn County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lyons Mehama Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Albany, City Of | 57,997 | 2.7 ppb |
| Lebanon, City Of | 18,945 | 8.16 ppb |
| Sweet Home, City Of | 10,322 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harrisburg, City Of | 3,684 | 4.02 ppb |
| City Of Millersburg | 2,615 | 1.2 ppb |
| Brownsville, City Of | 1,906 | 5.56 ppb |
| Mill City Water Department | 1,830 | 2.3 ppb |
| Scio, City Of | 900 | 4.7 ppb |
| Halsey, City Of | 800 | 7.64 ppb |
| Sodaville, City Of | 320 | 1.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lyons, 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 Lyons Mehama 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.