Kalae, HI
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
Kalae at a glance
Kalae serves about 360 people through 120 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 Maui County, Hawaii. EPA system ID: HI0000235; phone on file: 808-270-7834. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Neighbouring systems
34 other systems share Maui County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wailuku | 74,511 | 0 (not detected) |
| Makawao | 29,868 | 0.88 ppb |
| Lahaina | 20,065 | 0.78 ppb |
| Kaanapali | 8,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Upper Kula | 7,686 | 1.7 ppb |
| Kapalua | 4,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kaunakakai | 3,702 | 0.77 ppb |
| Lower Kula | 3,522 | 3.7 ppb |
| Lanai City | 3,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hoolehua | 2,400 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Wailuku, HI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wailuku, HI 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 Kalae 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.