St Josephs Memory Care, ME
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About St Josephs Memory Care
St Josephs Memory Care serves about 143 people through 16 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Aroostook County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0095090; phone on file: 207-543-6648. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 5 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for St Josephs Memory Care is 5 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 5 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.42 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.8 ppb |
How St Josephs Memory Care compares
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. St Josephs Memory Care's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 20th percentile in Maine and the 12th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Aroostook County
37 other systems share Aroostook County; 31 of them have a higher latest lead result than St Josephs Memory Care. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Presque Isle Utilities District | 6,128 | 1.5 ppb |
| Houlton Water Company | 4,735 | 3.4 ppb |
| Caribou Utilities District | 3,943 | 0 (not detected) |
| Madawaska Water District | 2,738 | 0 (not detected) |
| Van Buren Water District | 2,190 | 2.7 ppb |
| Fort Fairfield Utilities District | 2,025 | 1.8 ppb |
| Fort Kent W & W Department | 1,578 | 1.9 ppb |
| Mars Hill And Blaine Water Company | 1,500 | 3.4 ppb |
| Limestone Water & Sewer District | 875 | 2.6 ppb |
| Ashland Water & Sewer District | 713 | 2.3 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in St Josephs Memory Care'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 St Josephs Memory Care 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.