Laconia Water Works, NH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (monitoring period 2017-2019). 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.
Laconia Water Works at a glance
Laconia Water Works serves about 17,125 people through 7,000 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Belknap County, New Hampshire. EPA system ID: NH1281010. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Laconia Water Works's lead record
Against the period ending 2017 (5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Laconia Water Works is 11 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 5 ppb |
| 2016 | 11 ppb over 10 |
How Laconia Water Works compares
Of the 124 New Hampshire systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 16 ppb; 62 are over 15 ppb right now and 64 have gone over at some point. Laconia Water Works's 4 ppb sits at the 43rd percentile in New Hampshire and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
64 other systems share Belknap County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Laconia Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Meredith Water Dept | 3,750 | 1 ppb |
| Locke Lake | 2,308 | - |
| Alton Water Works | 1,800 | 210 ppb |
| Belmont Water Dept | 1,612 | - |
| Gunstock Acres Village Dist | 1,440 | - |
| New Hampton Village Pct | 600 | 27 ppb |
| Pine Gardens Mhp | 413 | - |
| Lochmere Village Dist | 405 | - |
| Samoset At Winnipesaukee | 343 | - |
| Mallards Landing | 325 | - |
Next steps for Laconia, NH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Laconia, NH 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 Laconia Water Works 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.