Maine Water Company Skowhegan Division, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.2 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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 Skowhegan Division serves about 6,105 people through 2,442 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Somerset County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0091450; phone on file: 207-294-6940. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 3.1 ppb from 7.3 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Maine Water Company Skowhegan Division is 7.3 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 7.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 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 Skowhegan Division's 4.2 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Maine and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Somerset County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Maine Water Company Skowhegan Division. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Anson And Madison Water District | 5,568 | 4.3 ppb |
| Pittsfield Water Dept | 3,228 | 1.8 ppb |
| Jackman Utility District | 1,125 | 5.6 ppb |
| Bingham Water District | 1,075 | 3.5 ppb |
| Norridgewock Water District | 1,055 | 1.87 ppb |
| Maine Water Company Hartland Division | 1,043 | 3.4 ppb |
| Solon Water District | 475 | 2 ppb |
| Riverside Terrace | 350 | 3.4 ppb |
| Moscow Water District | 313 | 1.7 ppb |
| Pleasant Acres Estates | 193 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
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 Skowhegan 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.