Wood Village, City Of, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 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.
Wood Village, City Of at a glance
Wood Village, City Of serves about 4,388 people through 780 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 groundwater, in Multnomah County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4100904; phone on file: 503-489-6859. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wood Village, City Of is 1.4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.3 ppb |
How Wood Village, 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. Wood Village, City Of's 1.4 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Oregon and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
24 other systems share Multnomah County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wood Village, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Portland Water Bureau | 666,200 | 5.01 ppb |
| Gresham, City Of | 73,932 | 3.81 ppb |
| Rockwood Pud | 65,443 | 3.4 ppb |
| Troutdale, City Of | 16,185 | 1.2 ppb |
| Fairview, City Of | 9,963 | 6.89 ppb |
| Corbett Water District | 2,954 | 6.2 ppb |
| Pleasant Home Water District | 1,510 | 5.01 ppb |
| Palatine Hill Water District | 1,500 | 5.01 ppb |
| Lusted Water District | 1,200 | 4 ppb |
| Valley View Water District | 1,034 | 5.01 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wood Village, 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 Wood Village, 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.