Anson And Madison Water District, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.3 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Anson And Madison Water District
Anson And Madison Water District serves about 5,568 people through 2,227 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 Somerset County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0090930; phone on file: 207-424-3288. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Anson And Madison Water District's lead record
That is up 2.1 ppb from 2.2 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Anson And Madison Water District is 4.9 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 358 Maine systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.5 ppb; 2 are over 15 ppb right now and 40 have gone over at some point. Anson And Madison Water District's 4.3 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Maine and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Somerset County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Anson And Madison Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Maine Water Company Skowhegan Division | 6,105 | 4.2 ppb |
| Pittsfield Water Dept | 3,228 | 1.8 ppb |
| Jackman Utility District | 1,125 | 5.6 ppb |
| Bingham Water District | 1,075 | 3.5 ppb |
| Norridgewock Water District | 1,055 | 1.87 ppb |
| Maine Water Company Hartland Division | 1,043 | 3.4 ppb |
| Solon Water District | 475 | 2 ppb |
| Riverside Terrace | 350 | 3.4 ppb |
| Moscow Water District | 313 | 1.7 ppb |
| Pleasant Acres Estates | 193 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Richmond, ME 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 Anson And Madison Water 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.