Appleton Gardens, MA
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
Who runs the water here
Appleton Gardens serves about 57 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hillsborough County, Massachusetts. EPA system ID: NH1712010. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Hillsborough County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Revel Pelham | 123 | - |
| Fairhaven Mobile Home Park | 63 | 16 ppb |
| Simpson Mill Road | 35 | - |
| Old Lawrence Road | 25 | - |
Next steps for Lunenburg, MA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lunenburg, MA 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 Appleton Gardens 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.