Pine Valley Plantation, MA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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 Pine Valley Plantation
Pine Valley Plantation serves about 600 people through 391 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. EPA system ID: MA1024002; phone on file: 4133237206. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Pine Valley Plantation's lead record
That is up 5.6 ppb from 4.4 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pine Valley Plantation is 14.9 ppb across 16 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (6 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 ppb |
| 2025 | 4.4 ppb |
| 2024 | 11.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 10.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2022 | 8.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 7.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.82 ppb |
| 2020 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 14.9 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 13.4 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 13.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 6.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 14.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 4.5 ppb |
Against other Massachusetts systems
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. Pine Valley Plantation's 10 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Massachusetts and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
27 other systems share Hampshire County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pine Valley Plantation. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Amherst Dpw Water Division | 39,263 | 8 ppb |
| Northampton Water Division | 29,571 | 1.2 ppb |
| Easthampton Water Dept | 16,211 | 2.5 ppb |
| South Hadley Fd #1 (Mwra) | 14,800 | 4 ppb |
| Ware Water Dept | 10,066 | 4.7 ppb |
| South Hadley Fire District #2 Water Dept | 6,200 | 5.3 ppb |
| Southampton Water Dept | 4,853 | 4.1 ppb |
| Hadley Dpw Water Division | 4,819 | 4.6 ppb |
| Belchertown Water District | 3,253 | 3 ppb |
| Hatfield Water Dept | 3,164 | 23.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Belchertown, MA 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 Pine Valley Plantation 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.