Farmington Falls Std Water Dist, ME
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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
Farmington Falls Std Water Dist serves about 225 people through 90 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: ME0090530; phone on file: 207-778-1576. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Farmington Falls Std Water Dist is 6.4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 6.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 6.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.6 ppb |
How Farmington Falls Std Water Dist 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. Farmington Falls Std Water Dist's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 22nd percentile in Maine and the 16th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Franklin County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Farmington Falls Std Water Dist. 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 |
| Eustis Water Department | 475 | 1.5 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Farmington Falls Std Water Dist'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 Farmington Falls Std Water Dist 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.