Strong Water District, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.6 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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Strong Water District serves about 500 people through 200 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Franklin County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0091530; phone on file: 207-684-3714. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Strong Water District's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (1.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Strong Water District is 3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Strong Water District's 2.6 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Maine and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Franklin County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Strong Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Farmington Village Corp Water Dept | 4,050 | 8.42 ppb |
| Wilton Water Department | 2,800 | 4.9 ppb |
| Sugarloaf Water Association | 1,730 | 2.98 ppb |
| Rangeley Water District | 1,378 | 1.9 ppb |
| Jay Village Water District | 975 | 7.1 ppb |
| Kingfield Water District | 950 | 1.3 ppb |
| Mt Blue Standard Water District | 650 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Jay Water District | 500 | 2.5 ppb |
| Eustis Water Department | 475 | 1.5 ppb |
| New Sharon Water District | 245 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Strong, ME 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 Strong Water District 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.