Adams Fire District, MA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Adams Fire District serves about 7,945 people through 2,984 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 Berkshire County, Massachusetts. EPA system ID: MA1004000; phone on file: 4137430978. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.4 ppb from 1.4 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Adams Fire District is 2 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 535 Massachusetts systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.7 ppb; 13 are over 15 ppb right now and 66 have gone over at some point. Adams Fire District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 20th percentile in Massachusetts and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
37 other systems share Berkshire County; 30 of them have a higher latest lead result than Adams Fire District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield Dpu Water Dept | 43,927 | 2.4 ppb |
| North Adams Water Dept | 13,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lenox Dpw Water Division | 9,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Williamstown Water Dept | 7,326 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dalton Fire District | 6,330 | 1.15 ppb |
| Lee Water Dept | 5,686 | 1.1 ppb |
| Great Barrington Fire Dist | 4,380 | 5.3 ppb |
| Stockbridge Water Dept | 2,800 | 5 ppb |
| Lanesborough Fire And Water District | 2,342 | 2.2 ppb |
| Cheshire Water Dept | 1,407 | 2.2 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Adams Fire District's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Adams Fire 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.