Claremont Water Dept, NH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Claremont Water Dept serves about 9,000 people through 3,600 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 Sullivan County, New Hampshire. EPA system ID: NH0461010. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Claremont Water Dept's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Claremont Water Dept is 2 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 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. Claremont Water Dept's 2 ppb sits at the 35th percentile in New Hampshire and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Sullivan County
14 other systems share Sullivan County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Claremont Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Newport Water Works | 5,000 | 14 ppb |
| Village Dist Of Eastman | 3,400 | 16 ppb |
| Charlestown Water Works | 2,850 | 19 ppb |
| Sunapee Water Works | 1,680 | - |
| Meriden Village Water Dist | 750 | - |
| Sullivan County Complex | 625 | - |
| Georges Mills Water Works | 500 | - |
| Plainfield Water Dept | 284 | - |
| Windy Acres | 180 | - |
| Meadowview Apts | 58 | - |
Next steps for Claremont, NH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Claremont, 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 Claremont Water Dept 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.