Narraguagus Estates, 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
Narraguagus Estates serves about 97 people through 39 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Washington County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0091055; phone on file: 207-265-4006. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.9 ppb from 2.9 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Narraguagus Estates is 2.9 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.9 ppb |
How Narraguagus Estates 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. Narraguagus Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in Maine and the 9th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
21 other systems share Washington County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than Narraguagus Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Calais Water Dept | 2,775 | 2.4 ppb |
| Passamaquoddy Water District | 2,125 | 0.8 ppb |
| Lubec Water District | 1,775 | 0.81 ppb |
| Baileyville Utilities District | 1,688 | 3.68 ppb |
| Machias Water Company | 1,390 | 2.4 ppb |
| Indian Township Tribal Water System | 535 | 0 (not detected) |
| Milbridge Water District | 405 | 1.5 ppb |
| Danforth Water District | 313 | 5 ppb |
| Quantabacook Water District | 303 | 0.62 ppb |
| Addison Point Water District | 168 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Bangor, ME
Look up your address in Narraguagus Estates'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 Narraguagus Estates 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.