Faith Bible College International, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.9 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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 Faith Bible College International
Faith Bible College International serves about 35 people through 12 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Penobscot County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0093806; phone on file: 207-285-3373. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Faith Bible College International's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (3.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Faith Bible College International is 11 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 2.5 ppb |
How Faith Bible College International compares
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. Faith Bible College International's 2.9 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Maine and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
48 other systems share Penobscot County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Faith Bible College International. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bangor Water District | 27,298 | 7.45 ppb |
| Brewer Water Department | 8,860 | 2.1 ppb |
| Old Town Water District | 7,648 | 7.9 ppb |
| Orono-Veazie Water District | 5,793 | 10 ppb |
| Maine Water Company Millinocket Division | 5,400 | 2.8 ppb |
| Hampden Water District | 4,800 | 2.52 ppb |
| Lincoln Water District | 3,020 | 0.96 ppb |
| Dexter Utility District | 2,338 | 4.9 ppb |
| East Millinocket Water Works | 2,133 | 2.8 ppb |
| Newport Water District | 1,900 | 1.3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Charleston, 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 Faith Bible College International 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.