Dresden Water Department, ME
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Dresden Water Department serves about 43 people through 17 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Lincoln County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0092303; phone on file: 207-882-5476. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Dresden Water Department's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dresden Water Department is 1.3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.3 ppb |
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. Dresden Water Department's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 4th 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.
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Lincoln County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dresden Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Boothbay Region Water District | 8,448 | 0 (not detected) |
| Great Salt Bay Sanitary District | 2,143 | 1.2 ppb |
| Wiscasset Water District | 1,970 | 5.3 ppb |
| Waldoboro Water Dept | 1,065 | 0 (not detected) |
| Indian Run Estates Llc | 103 | 5.1 ppb |
| Whippoorwill Hill Mobile Home | 85 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maplewood Mobile Home Park | 70 | 0.8 ppb |
| East Ridge Mobile Home Park | 70 | 0.9 ppb |
| Brookside Mobile Home Court | 58 | 0.7 ppb |
| Pines Mobile Home Park Llc | 50 | 2.4 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Dresden Water Department'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 Dresden Water Department 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.