Veneta, City Of, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.92 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Veneta, City Of at a glance
Veneta, City Of serves about 5,200 people through 1,820 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 Lane County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100920; phone on file: 541-935-2191. 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 2020 (2.85 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Veneta, City Of is 4.26 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.92 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.85 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.26 ppb |
How Veneta, City Of 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. Veneta, City Of's 1.92 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Oregon and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
71 other systems share Lane County; 32 of them have a higher latest lead result than Veneta, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eugene Water & Electric Board | 176,000 | 4.5 ppb |
| Springfield Utility Board | 62,100 | 2.84 ppb |
| Cottage Grove, City Of | 10,879 | 8 ppb |
| Florence, City Of | 9,561 | 3.22 ppb |
| Junction City Water Utilities | 7,000 | 1.3 ppb |
| Rainbow Water District | 6,300 | 2.1 ppb |
| Creswell, City Of | 5,585 | 3.43 ppb |
| Heceta Water Peoples Utility District | 4,921 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oakridge, City Of | 3,200 | 14.2 ppb |
| Lowell, City Of | 1,264 | 6.74 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Veneta, 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 Veneta, City Of 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.