Milo Water District, ME
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 15 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Milo Water District
Milo Water District serves about 1,720 people through 688 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Piscataquis County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0091000; phone on file: 207-943-2501. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 9.9 ppb from 5.1 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Milo Water District is 15 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 6.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 6.5 ppb |
How Milo Water District 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. Milo Water District's 15 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Maine and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Piscataquis County
7 other systems share Piscataquis County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Milo Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Dover-Foxcroft Water District | 2,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Guilford-Sangerville Utilities District | 1,535 | 2.5 ppb |
| Maine Water Company Greenville Division | 1,335 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brownville Jct Water Dept | 663 | 1.5 ppb |
| Monson Utilities District | 298 | 1.4 ppb |
| Brownville Water Department | 253 | 1 ppb |
| Covered Bridge Apartments | 25 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Milo, ME
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Milo, 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 Milo Water District 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.