Maine Water Company Millinocket Division, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.8 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Maine Water Company Millinocket Division
Maine Water Company Millinocket Division serves about 5,400 people through 2,160 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Penobscot County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0090990; phone on file: 207-294-6940. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.2 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Maine Water Company Millinocket Division is 4.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.8 ppb |
How Maine Water Company Millinocket 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 Millinocket Division's 2.8 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Maine and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Penobscot County
48 other systems share Penobscot County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than Maine Water Company Millinocket Division. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bangor Water District | 27,298 | 7.45 ppb |
| Brewer Water Department | 8,860 | 2.1 ppb |
| Old Town Water District | 7,648 | 7.9 ppb |
| Orono-Veazie Water District | 5,793 | 10 ppb |
| Hampden Water District | 4,800 | 2.52 ppb |
| Lincoln Water District | 3,020 | 0.96 ppb |
| Dexter Utility District | 2,338 | 4.9 ppb |
| East Millinocket Water Works | 2,133 | 2.8 ppb |
| Newport Water District | 1,900 | 1.3 ppb |
| Howland Water Department | 1,025 | 1.9 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 Millinocket 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.