Oakridge, City Of, OR
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 14.2 ppb (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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Oakridge, City Of at a glance
Oakridge, City Of serves about 3,200 people through 1,549 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 groundwater, in Lane County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100582; phone on file: 541-954-3121. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Oakridge, City Of's lead record
That is up 14.2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oakridge, City Of is 14.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 14.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Oakridge, City Of 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. Oakridge, City Of's 14.2 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Oregon and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lane County
71 other systems share Lane County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oakridge, 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) |
| Lowell, City Of | 1,264 | 6.74 ppb |
Next steps for Oakridge, OR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Oakridge, 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 Oakridge, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.