Brookside Mhp, ME
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Brookside Mhp at a glance
Brookside Mhp serves about 40 people through 16 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Kennebec County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0005826; phone on file: 203-856-7865. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Brookside Mhp's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brookside Mhp is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Maine systems
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. Brookside Mhp's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 3rd percentile in Maine and the 2nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
26 other systems share Kennebec County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brookside Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kennebec Water District | 22,060 | 1.87 ppb |
| Greater Augusta Utility District | 13,750 | 1.1 ppb |
| Gardiner Water District | 9,000 | 3.44 ppb |
| Maine Water Company Oakland Division | 2,873 | 2 ppb |
| Winthrop Utilities District | 2,750 | 1.7 ppb |
| Hallowell Water District | 2,300 | 1.6 ppb |
| Clinton Water District | 1,013 | 0.5 ppb |
| Monmouth Water Association | 588 | 1.5 ppb |
| Pine Ridge Village | 85 | 0.6 ppb |
| Averills Mobile Home Park | 83 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Brookside Mhp'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 Brookside Mhp 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.