South Slope Estates Mhp, ME
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
South Slope Estates Mhp at a glance
South Slope Estates Mhp serves about 100 people through 40 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Penobscot County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0095656. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
South Slope Estates Mhp's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for South Slope Estates Mhp is 1.3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.69 ppb |
Against other Maine systems
Of the 358 Maine systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.5 ppb; 2 are over 15 ppb right now and 40 have gone over at some point. South Slope Estates Mhp's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Maine and the 9th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
48 other systems share Penobscot County; 41 of them have a higher latest lead result than South Slope Estates Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bangor Water District | 27,298 | 7.45 ppb |
| Brewer Water Department | 8,860 | 2.1 ppb |
| Old Town Water District | 7,648 | 7.9 ppb |
| Orono-Veazie Water District | 5,793 | 10 ppb |
| Maine Water Company Millinocket Division | 5,400 | 2.8 ppb |
| Hampden Water District | 4,800 | 2.52 ppb |
| Lincoln Water District | 3,020 | 0.96 ppb |
| Dexter Utility District | 2,338 | 4.9 ppb |
| East Millinocket Water Works | 2,133 | 2.8 ppb |
| Newport Water District | 1,900 | 1.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in South Slope Estates Mhp'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 South Slope Estates 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.