Port Of Tillamook Bay, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Port Of Tillamook Bay at a glance
Port Of Tillamook Bay serves about 250 people through 55 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Tillamook County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4101329; phone on file: 503-842-2413. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Port Of Tillamook Bay is 0.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.9 ppb |
How Port Of Tillamook Bay 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. Port Of Tillamook Bay's 0.6 ppb sits at the 44th percentile in Oregon and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Tillamook County
34 other systems share Tillamook County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Port Of Tillamook Bay. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tillamook Water Dept, City Of | 5,265 | 0 (not detected) |
| Manzanita, City Of | 3,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairview Water District | 1,930 | 2.03 ppb |
| Netarts Water District | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Neskowin Reg Water Dist | 1,735 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nehalem, City Of | 1,700 | 1.92 ppb |
| Rockaway Beach, City Of | 1,533 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bay City Water System | 1,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Long Prairie Water District | 1,052 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pacific City Joint Water - San Auth | 1,000 | 1.8 ppb |
Next steps for Tillamook, OR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tillamook, 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 Port Of Tillamook Bay 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.