The Sandy Point Water Company, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (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. 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
The Sandy Point Water Company serves about 98 people through 39 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Waldo County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0091400; phone on file: 207-504-7306. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (4.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for The Sandy Point Water Company is 9 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 ppb |
| 2021 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 9 ppb |
| 2017 | 7.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 8 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. The Sandy Point Water Company's 4 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Maine and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
17 other systems share Waldo County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than The Sandy Point Water Company. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Belfast Water District | 5,698 | 2.96 ppb |
| Searsport Water District | 2,763 | 0 (not detected) |
| Winterport Water District | 763 | 0.54 ppb |
| Northport Village Corp Water Dept | 550 | 2.1 ppb |
| Morrill Village Water District | 143 | 0 (not detected) |
| Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage Condos | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
| Birchwood Trailer Park | 90 | 0.76 ppb |
| Unity By The Stream Llc | 88 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ducktrap Harbor Condominiums | 83 | 1.3 ppb |
| Howards Trailer Park | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Stockton Springs, ME
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Stockton Springs, 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 The Sandy Point Water Company 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.