Sheltering Pines Mhp, NH
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 24 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.
About Sheltering Pines Mhp
Sheltering Pines Mhp serves about 125 people through 53 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. EPA system ID: NH0773030. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 5 ppb from 19 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sheltering Pines Mhp is 24 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 24 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 19 ppb over 15 |
How Sheltering Pines Mhp compares
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. Sheltering Pines Mhp's 24 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in New Hampshire and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
59 other systems share Merrimack County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Sheltering Pines Mhp. 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 |
| Penacook Boscawen Water Pct | 3,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 | - |
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 Sheltering Pines Mhp 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.