Farmington Village Corp Water Dept, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8.42 ppb (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. 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 Farmington Village Corp Water Dept
Farmington Village Corp Water Dept serves about 4,050 people through 1,620 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized 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: ME0090540; phone on file: 207-778-4777. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (7.87 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Farmington Village Corp Water Dept is 15 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.42 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.87 ppb |
| 2017 | 8.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 14.4 ppb over 10 |
How Farmington Village Corp Water Dept 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 Village Corp Water Dept's 8.42 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Maine and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Franklin County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Farmington Village Corp Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| New Sharon Water District | 245 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Farmington, 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 Farmington Village Corp Water Dept 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.