Parkdale Water Company Inc, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Parkdale Water Company Inc at a glance
Parkdale Water Company Inc serves about 867 people through 204 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hood River County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100612; phone on file: 541-352-5577. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Parkdale Water Company Inc's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Parkdale Water Company Inc is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
How Parkdale Water Company Inc 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. Parkdale Water Company Inc's 5 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Oregon and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Hood River County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Parkdale Water Company Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hood River, City Of | 8,577 | 1.7 ppb |
| Ice Fountain Water District | 6,000 | 1.11 ppb |
| Crystal Springs Water District | 5,973 | 3.3 ppb |
| Cascade Locks, City Of | 1,398 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aldridge Ditch Co Ws | 88 | 10.2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Parkdale, 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 Parkdale Water Company Inc 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.