Scituate High School & Middle School, RI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.4 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Scituate High School & Middle School at a glance
Scituate High School & Middle School serves about 1,426 people through 2 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 Providence County, Rhode Island. EPA system ID: RI1615612; phone on file: 401-935-1206. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Scituate High School & Middle School's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Scituate High School & Middle School is 3.4 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 78 Rhode Island systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.1 ppb; 6 are over 15 ppb right now and 17 have gone over at some point. Scituate High School & Middle School's 3.4 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Rhode Island and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
24 other systems share Providence County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Scituate High School & Middle School. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Providence-City Of | 333,142 | 1.7 ppb |
| Pawtucket Water Supply Board Veolia-Na | 98,130 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Providence-City Of | 47,961 | 0.3 ppb |
| Woonsocket Water Division | 45,828 | 6.6 ppb |
| Lincoln Water Commission | 21,664 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cumberland, Town Of | 21,235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greenville Water District | 9,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Smithfield Water Supply Board | 9,460 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clear River Electric And Water District | 6,000 | 1.3 ppb |
| Slatersville Public Supply | 3,403 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Scituate, RI 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 Scituate High School & Middle School 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.