Lower Bartlett Water Pct, NH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Who runs the water here
Lower Bartlett Water Pct serves about 3,850 people through 1,377 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 Carroll County, New Hampshire. EPA system ID: NH0161020. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lower Bartlett Water Pct's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lower Bartlett Water Pct is 6 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 6 ppb |
How Lower Bartlett Water Pct 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. Lower Bartlett Water Pct's 1 ppb sits at the 25th percentile in New Hampshire and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
103 other systems share Carroll County; 19 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lower Bartlett Water Pct. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wolfeboro Water And Sewer | 6,000 | 2 ppb |
| North Conway Water Pct | 5,500 | 8 ppb |
| Conway Water And Sewer | 2,745 | - |
| Paradise Shores | 2,060 | - |
| Sanbornville Water Dept | 1,425 | - |
| Village District Of Eidelweiss | 1,200 | - |
| Ossipee Water Dept | 860 | 19 ppb |
| River Run Condos | 750 | 20 ppb |
| Bartlett Village Pct | 625 | - |
| Lov Water | 590 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Intervale, 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 Lower Bartlett Water Pct 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.