North Conway Water Pct, NH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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 North Conway Water Pct
North Conway Water Pct serves about 5,500 people through 2,710 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Carroll County, New Hampshire. EPA system ID: NH0511030. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
North Conway Water Pct's lead record
That is up 7 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Conway Water Pct is 8 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 124 New Hampshire systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 16 ppb; 62 are over 15 ppb right now and 64 have gone over at some point. North Conway Water Pct's 8 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in New Hampshire and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
103 other systems share Carroll County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Conway Water Pct. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wolfeboro Water And Sewer | 6,000 | 2 ppb |
| Lower Bartlett Water Pct | 3,850 | 1 ppb |
| Conway Water And Sewer | 2,745 | - |
| Paradise Shores | 2,060 | - |
| Sanbornville Water Dept | 1,425 | - |
| Village District Of Eidelweiss | 1,200 | - |
| Ossipee Water Dept | 860 | 19 ppb |
| River Run Condos | 750 | 20 ppb |
| Bartlett Village Pct | 625 | - |
| Lov Water | 590 | - |
Next steps for North Conway, NH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; North Conway, NH 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 North Conway Water Pct 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.