Hallowell Water District, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 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.
Hallowell Water District at a glance
Hallowell Water District serves about 2,300 people through 920 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Kennebec County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0090650; phone on file: 207-623-9151. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hallowell Water District is 2.8 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.84 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.84 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Hallowell Water District's 1.6 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Maine and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Kennebec County
26 other systems share Kennebec County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hallowell Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kennebec Water District | 22,060 | 1.87 ppb |
| Greater Augusta Utility District | 13,750 | 1.1 ppb |
| Gardiner Water District | 9,000 | 3.44 ppb |
| Maine Water Company Oakland Division | 2,873 | 2 ppb |
| Winthrop Utilities District | 2,750 | 1.7 ppb |
| Clinton Water District | 1,013 | 0.5 ppb |
| Monmouth Water Association | 588 | 1.5 ppb |
| Pine Ridge Village | 85 | 0.6 ppb |
| Averills Mobile Home Park | 83 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dirigo Mobile Home Park | 80 | 1.4 ppb |
Next steps for Hallowell, ME
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hallowell, 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 Hallowell Water District 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.