Seal Rock Water District, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.5 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. 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.
Seal Rock Water District at a glance
Seal Rock Water District serves about 6,000 people through 2,634 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Lincoln County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100798; phone on file: 541-563-4447. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (5.11 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Seal Rock Water District is 5.11 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.11 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.11 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.83 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 3.49 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.49 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Seal Rock Water District's 4.5 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in Oregon and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
31 other systems share Lincoln County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Seal Rock Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lincoln City, City Of | 20,830 | 1.4 ppb |
| Newport, City Of | 10,439 | 2.1 ppb |
| Kernville-Gleneden-Linc Bch Wd | 5,609 | 3.07 ppb |
| Toledo Water Utilities | 3,645 | 2.67 ppb |
| Sw Lincoln Co Water Pud | 3,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waldport, City Of | 2,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Depoe Bay, City Of | 1,398 | 0 (not detected) |
| Siletz, City Of | 1,235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yachats, City Of | 1,006 | 1.76 ppb |
| Panther Creek Wd | 800 | 2.7 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Seal Rock, 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 Seal Rock Water District 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.