Perrydale Domestic Wtr Assn, OR
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Perrydale Domestic Wtr Assn serves about 2,655 people through 885 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Polk County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4101149; phone on file: 503-835-7221. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.3 ppb from 1.3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Perrydale Domestic Wtr Assn is 20 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 9.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 7.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 20 ppb over 15 |
Where this result ranks
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. Perrydale Domestic Wtr Assn's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 34th percentile in Oregon and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Polk County
11 other systems share Polk County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Perrydale Domestic Wtr Assn. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas, City Of | 17,911 | 4.3 ppb |
| Monmouth, City Of | 11,651 | 0 (not detected) |
| Independence Water System | 10,300 | 3 ppb |
| Luckiamute Domestic Water Coop | 2,738 | 1.2 ppb |
| Grand Ronde Community Wtr Assn | 2,500 | 2.3 ppb |
| Rickreall Water Association | 1,650 | 0 (not detected) |
| Falls City, City Of | 1,051 | 1.3 ppb |
| Buell-Red Prairie Wd | 800 | 1.3 ppb |
| Orchard Heights Water Assn | 381 | 1.5 ppb |
| Rock Creek Water District | 300 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Amity, OR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Amity, 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 Perrydale Domestic Wtr Assn 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.