Crawford Pond, MA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 18 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. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Crawford Pond serves about 58 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 Carroll County, Massachusetts. EPA system ID: NH0162330. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Crawford Pond is 18 ppb across 1 monitoring period, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 18 ppb over 15 |
How Crawford Pond compares
Of the 535 Massachusetts systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.7 ppb; 13 are over 15 ppb right now and 66 have gone over at some point. Crawford Pond's 18 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Massachusetts and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
2 other systems share Carroll County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Crawford Pond. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Crawford Hills | 118 | - |
| Bearfoot Creek | 28 | - |
Your move
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Crawford Pond 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.