Black River Overlook, NH
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10.9 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Black River Overlook serves about 66 people through 25 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Windsor County, New Hampshire. EPA system ID: VT0020618; phone on file: 603-641-2163. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 8.8 ppb from 2.1 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Black River Overlook is 10.9 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.9 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 124 New Hampshire systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 16 ppb; 62 are over 15 ppb right now and 64 have gone over at some point. Black River Overlook's 10.9 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in New Hampshire and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Windsor County
1 other system shares Windsor County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Black River Overlook. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tall Timbers Mhp | 275 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bedford, NH 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 Black River Overlook 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.