Watercolour of a small house at dusk, with the water meter cover in the sidewalk out front.

Is there lead in Charlestown's tap water?

0.6PPBparts per billion of lead in Central Beach Fire District's water at the latest test, from 2021 to 2023

Under the legal limit of 15 ppb

Water companies that supply Charlestown

6 public water companies list Charlestown as a place they supply. The biggest is the Central Beach Fire District, with about 470 people. The highest latest result among Charlestown's water companies is 3 parts per billion, at Border Hill Mobile Home Park. None of the 6 with results was above 15 at its latest test. 1 found too little lead to measure. Small ones like Border Hill Mobile Home Park supply just their own grounds or street; most of Charlestown gets its water from the Central Beach Fire District. 5 are small systems serving fewer than 500 people each, such as a mobile home park, a subdivision or a business with its own well. Your water bill names yours.

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