Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div, ME
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div serves about 42,508 people through 17,003 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in York County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0090170; phone on file: 207-294-6940. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div's lead record
That is down 5.78 ppb from 5.78 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div is 10 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 5.78 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.56 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 10 ppb |
Against other Maine systems
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. Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 29th percentile in Maine and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
34 other systems share York County; 19 of them have a higher latest lead result than Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells Wd | 35,663 | 1 ppb |
| Kittery Water District | 14,478 | 2 ppb |
| Sanford Water District | 14,328 | 4 ppb |
| York Water District | 13,675 | 2 ppb |
| South Berwick Water District | 3,722 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Arrowhead Community Inc | 3,500 | 2 ppb |
| Berwick Water Department | 2,845 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Berwick Water District | 2,125 | 4 ppb |
| Maine Water Company Kezar Falls Division | 1,115 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alfred Water District | 783 | 4 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.