Cathance Trailer Park, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.43 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Cathance Trailer Park serves about 135 people through 54 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Sagadahoc County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0003375; phone on file: 207-729-9171. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cathance Trailer Park is 1.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.43 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1.2 ppb |
How Cathance Trailer Park compares
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. Cathance Trailer Park's 0.43 ppb sits at the 30th percentile in Maine and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Sagadahoc County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cathance Trailer Park. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bath Water District | 9,205 | 3.2 ppb |
| Richmond Utilities District | 1,492 | 1.6 ppb |
| Bowdoinham Water District | 738 | 4.3 ppb |
| Topsham Mobile Home Park Inc | 243 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hillhouse Inc | 146 | 2.3 ppb |
| Pinewood Acres Trailer Park | 95 | 1.3 ppb |
| Meadowview Apartments | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
| Happy Trails Mhp | 33 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Topsham, 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 Cathance Trailer Park 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.