Paddock Estates, MA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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
Paddock Estates serves about 463 people through 16 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. EPA system ID: MA2037036; phone on file: 9788918100. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2026 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Paddock Estates is 5 ppb across 18 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 5 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Paddock Estates compares
Of the 535 Massachusetts systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.7 ppb; 13 are over 15 ppb right now and 66 have gone over at some point. Paddock Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 13th percentile in Massachusetts and the 22nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
94 other systems share Middlesex County; 72 of them have a higher latest lead result than Paddock Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lowell Regional Water Utility | 120,418 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cambridge Water Department | 118,214 | 8 ppb |
| Newton Water Dept. (Mwra) | 88,931 | 1.09 ppb |
| Somerville Water Dept. (Mwra) | 81,045 | 6.62 ppb |
| Framingham Water Dept. (Mwra) | 72,362 | 1.74 ppb |
| Malden Water Division (Mwra) | 66,263 | 9.74 ppb |
| Waltham Water Department | 65,218 | 2.24 ppb |
| Medford Water Dept. (Mwra) | 61,700 | 8.31 ppb |
| Everett Water Dept. (Mwra) | 49,075 | 1.25 ppb |
| Arlington Water Dept. (Mwra) | 46,308 | 2.68 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Paddock 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 Paddock 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.