Old Town Water District, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.9 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Old Town Water District at a glance
Old Town Water District serves about 7,648 people through 3,062 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 Penobscot County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0091200; phone on file: 207-827-2145. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Old Town Water District's lead record
That is up 1.6 ppb from 6.3 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Old Town Water District is 9.4 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 7.9 ppb |
| 2025 | 6.3 ppb |
| 2025 | 5.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 9.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 9.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Old Town Water District's 7.9 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Maine and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
48 other systems share Penobscot County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Old Town Water District. 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 |
| Orono-Veazie Water District | 5,793 | 10 ppb |
| Maine Water Company Millinocket Division | 5,400 | 2.8 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 |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Old Town, 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 Old Town Water District whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1400 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.