Duck-A-Way On Casco Bay, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 ppb (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. 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.
Duck-A-Way On Casco Bay at a glance
Duck-A-Way On Casco Bay serves about 65 people through 26 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cumberland County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0007001; phone on file: 207-865-9790. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.1 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Duck-A-Way On Casco Bay is 2.1 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.7 ppb |
| 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. Duck-A-Way On Casco Bay's 2.1 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Maine and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Cumberland County
28 other systems share Cumberland County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Duck-A-Way On Casco Bay. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Portland Water District-Greater | 135,068 | 1.5 ppb |
| Brunswick/Topsham Water District | 18,863 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yarmouth Water District | 8,000 | 9.52 ppb |
| Bridgton Water District | 3,660 | 1.8 ppb |
| Maine Water Company Freeport Division | 2,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gray Water District | 2,468 | 2.3 ppb |
| South Freeport Water District | 960 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harrison Water District | 863 | 1.1 ppb |
| Friendly Village Of Gorham Mhp | 763 | 0.74 ppb |
| Knights Hill Association | 718 | 2.8 ppb |
Next steps for Portland, ME
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Portland, 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 Duck-A-Way On Casco Bay 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.