Maine Water Company Bucksport Division, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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
Maine Water Company Bucksport Division serves about 1,700 people through 680 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Hancock County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0090280; phone on file: 207-294-6940. 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 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Maine Water Company Bucksport Division is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
How Maine Water Company Bucksport Division 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. Maine Water Company Bucksport Division's 2 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Maine and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Hancock County
29 other systems share Hancock County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Maine Water Company Bucksport Division. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Bar Harbor- Water Division | 4,443 | 3.4 ppb |
| Ellsworth Water Department | 3,910 | 4 ppb |
| Southwest Harbor Water & Sewer District | 2,480 | 2.1 ppb |
| Mount Desert Water Dist North | 1,623 | 2.48 ppb |
| Castine Water Department | 983 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mount Desert Water Dist -Seal | 865 | 2.77 ppb |
| Winter Harbor Water District | 700 | 1.4 ppb |
| Stonington Water Company | 683 | 1.3 ppb |
| Franklin Water Department | 420 | 3.6 ppb |
| Long Pond Water District | 308 | 4 ppb |
Next steps for Poland, ME
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Poland, 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 Maine Water Company Bucksport Division 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.