Young Life, OR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
About Young Life
Young Life serves about 852 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Wasco County, Oregon. EPA system ID: OR4101246; phone on file: 541-489-3100. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 5.7 ppb from 2.3 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Young Life is 10 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2025 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 10 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
Against other Oregon systems
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. Young Life's 8 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Oregon and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Wasco County
19 other systems share Wasco County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Young Life. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| The Dalles, City Of | 13,010 | 0.21 ppb |
| Chenowith Pud | 4,500 | 2.9 ppb |
| Barlow Water District | 900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dufur, City Of | 610 | 1 ppb |
| Mosier, City Of | 468 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maupin, City Of | 420 | 1 ppb |
| Foley Lakes Mobile Home Park | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hazel Dell Orchard | 260 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tygh Valley Water District | 218 | 1.32 ppb |
| View Point Trailer Court | 160 | 1.09 ppb |
Next steps for Antelope, OR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Antelope, 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 Young Life 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.