Eugene, OR Water Quality (ZIP 97402)

Quick Answers

Is ZIP 97402 tap water safe to drink? No PFAS above thresholds is reported for 97402 in current EPA data. Lead risk from older plumbing is a separate question; the results below cover the regulated contaminants tested for this system.

What filter should I use in 97402? A reverse osmosis system (NSF/ANSI 58) removes 90%+ of PFAS, lead, and arsenic. For smaller households, an NSF-53 certified pitcher (Clearly Filtered, ZeroWater) works. Standard Brita cartridges are not certified for PFAS.

ZIP 97402 Water Quality Summary

The public water system serving ZIP 97402 (Eugene, OR) is not currently reported as having detected PFAS in recent EPA UCMR5 testing, though other regulated contaminants appear in the data below.

Contamination Level: NONE – No PFAS detected in recent testing for the systems serving this ZIP code.

Lead in ZIP 97402 Water

EPA Lead and Copper Rule testing recorded 175 lead samples for the systems serving 97402, with a 90th-percentile high of 0.082 mg/L (above the EPA 0.015 mg/L action level). There is no safe level of lead for children; homes built before 1986 should use a certified NSF/ANSI 53 lead filter.

EPA Violations Affecting ZIP 97402

The water systems serving 97402 have 80 health-based EPA Safe Drinking Water Act violations on record, including 5000, 8000, Arsenic, Nitrate, Chromium. A health-based violation means a contaminant exceeded its federal limit or required treatment was not applied.

About the Data

Source: EPA UCMR5 monitoring (2023-2025), Lead and Copper Rule samples, and SDWIS violation records tied to the water system that serves 97402 in Eugene, OR.

Beyond water: other exposures in Eugene, OR

Drinking water is one exposure route. These are the other federal datasets that cover ZIP 97402 and Lane County, OR.

Radon risk in Lane County, OR

The EPA places Lane County, OR in Zone 3 - the EPA's lowest-risk category, with a predicted average indoor radon level below 2 pCi/L. Zone maps predict the radon potential of an area from geology and existing indoor readings - they do not describe any individual home. Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among people who have never smoked, and the only way to know your own level is a test kit.

Lead paint risk in Lane County, OR

Census figures show 57% of homes in Lane County, OR were built before 1980, and 13% before 1950. Lead-based paint was banned for residential use in 1978, so older housing stock is the strongest available proxy for lead-paint exposure. This is a statistic about the county's housing, not a test of any particular property - if your home predates 1980, a lead swab test is the way to check.

Air quality in Lane County, OR

Modelled annual fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) for Lane County, OR averages 9.1 µg/m³, above the EPA's annual PM2.5 standard of 9 µg/m³. PM2.5 is the pollution fraction small enough to reach deep into the lungs. These are CDC modelled estimates for the county as a whole, not a reading taken at this ZIP code.

Superfund sites near 97402

There is 1 EPA Superfund (National Priorities List) site within about five miles of 97402: J. H. Baxter (about 4 miles). Distances are measured from the ZIP code's geographic centre, so the distance from a specific address will differ. Proximity to a listed site is a fact about location - it is not itself evidence of exposure.

Industrial releases near 97402

EPA Toxics Release Inventory data for 2023 records 3 reporting facilities within about five miles of 97402, together reporting roughly 59,059 pounds of on-site chemical releases that year. TRI covers facilities above federal reporting thresholds, so smaller sources are not included, and a reported release is not the same as a measured concentration in air or water.