Sugarloaf Water Association, ME
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.98 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Sugarloaf Water Association at a glance
Sugarloaf Water Association serves about 1,730 people through 692 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Franklin County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0091690; phone on file: 207-237-6865. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 11.22 ppb from 14.2 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sugarloaf Water Association is 39.3 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.98 ppb |
| 2024 | 14.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2024 | 12.9 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 39.3 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 29.4 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 4.75 ppb |
| 2019 | 11.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 7.96 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. Sugarloaf Water Association's 2.98 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Maine and the 81st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Franklin County
12 other systems share Franklin County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sugarloaf Water Association. 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 |
| 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 |
| Strong Water District | 500 | 2.6 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; Carrabassett Valley, 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 Sugarloaf Water Association 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.