Eustis Water Department, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 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.
About Eustis Water Department
Eustis Water Department serves about 475 people through 190 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 Franklin County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0091520; phone on file: 207-246-4401. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Eustis Water Department's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (2.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Eustis Water Department is 3.4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.4 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. Eustis Water Department's 1.5 ppb sits at the 51st percentile in Maine and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Franklin County
12 other systems share Franklin County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Eustis Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Farmington Village Corp Water Dept | 4,050 | 8.42 ppb |
| Wilton Water Department | 2,800 | 4.9 ppb |
| Sugarloaf Water Association | 1,730 | 2.98 ppb |
| Rangeley Water District | 1,378 | 1.9 ppb |
| Jay Village Water District | 975 | 7.1 ppb |
| Kingfield Water District | 950 | 1.3 ppb |
| Mt Blue Standard Water District | 650 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Jay Water District | 500 | 2.5 ppb |
| Strong Water District | 500 | 2.6 ppb |
| New Sharon Water District | 245 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Stratton, ME
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Stratton, 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 Eustis 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.