Rickreall Water Association, OR
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Rickreall Water Association serves about 1,650 people through 550 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: OR4100704; phone on file: 503-623-2016. 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 3.9 ppb from 3.9 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rickreall Water Association is 6.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 6.7 ppb |
How Rickreall Water Association 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. Rickreall Water Association's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in Oregon and the 30th 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 Rickreall Water Association. 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 |
| Perrydale Domestic Wtr Assn | 2,655 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grand Ronde Community Wtr Assn | 2,500 | 2.3 ppb |
| 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 Rickreall, OR
Look up your address in Rickreall Water Association's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Rickreall Water Association whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1360 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.