Ossipee Water Dept, NH
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 19 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Ossipee Water Dept serves about 860 people through 344 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 groundwater, in Carroll County, New Hampshire. EPA system ID: NH1841010. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Ossipee Water Dept's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ossipee Water Dept is 19 ppb across 1 monitoring period, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 19 ppb over 15 |
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. Ossipee Water Dept's 19 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in New Hampshire and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
103 other systems share Carroll County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ossipee Water Dept. 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 |
| North Conway Water Pct | 5,500 | 8 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 | - |
| River Run Condos | 750 | 20 ppb |
| Bartlett Village Pct | 625 | - |
| Lov Water | 590 | - |
Your move
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Ossipee Water Dept 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.