Penacook Boscawen Water Pct, NH
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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
Penacook Boscawen Water Pct serves about 3,800 people through 1,180 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 Merrimack County, New Hampshire. EPA system ID: NH0251010. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2019 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Penacook Boscawen Water Pct is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
Against other New Hampshire systems
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. Penacook Boscawen Water Pct's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 10th percentile in New Hampshire and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
59 other systems share Merrimack County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Penacook Boscawen Water Pct. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Concord Water Dept | 44,215 | 1 ppb |
| Franklin Water Works | 7,200 | 2 ppb |
| Pembroke Water Works | 5,200 | 2 ppb |
| Central Hooksett Water Pct | 4,650 | 1 ppb |
| New London Springfield Water | 3,250 | - |
| Cogswell Springs Water Works | 3,000 | - |
| Hooksett Village Water Pct | 3,000 | - |
| Tilton Northfield Water Dist | 2,500 | - |
| Pittsfield Aqueduct | 1,625 | - |
| Contoocook Village Pct | 1,600 | - |
Your move
Look up your address in Penacook Boscawen Water Pct'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 Penacook Boscawen 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.