Livermore Falls Water District, ME
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12.3 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Livermore Falls Water District
Livermore Falls Water District serves about 2,995 people through 1,198 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 surface water, in Androscoggin County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0090880; phone on file: 207-897-3445. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 10.5 ppb from 1.8 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Livermore Falls Water District is 12.3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 10 ppb |
How Livermore Falls Water District 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. Livermore Falls Water District's 12.3 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Maine and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
18 other systems share Androscoggin County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Livermore Falls Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lewiston Water & Sewer Division | 23,720 | 1.7 ppb |
| Auburn Water District | 17,245 | 5 ppb |
| Lisbon Water Department | 6,643 | 3.4 ppb |
| Mechanic Falls Water Dept | 2,010 | 0.85 ppb |
| Sabattus Sanitary District | 1,688 | 1.5 ppb |
| Pine Ridge Hunton Brook Association | 298 | 0 (not detected) |
| Begin Trailer Park | 170 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hillview Estates | 140 | 1 ppb |
| Poland Country Village Mhp Inc | 140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country Acres Trailer Park | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Livermore Falls, 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 Livermore Falls 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.