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

Is there lead in Mount Hope's tap water?

2.1PPBparts per billion of lead in Federal Correctional Inst.'s water at the latest test, from 2021 to 2023

Under the legal limit of 15 ppb

Water companies that supply Mount Hope

6 public water companies list Mount Hope as a place they supply. The biggest is Federal Correctional Inst., with about 1,580 people. The highest latest result among Mount Hope's water companies is 3.1 parts per billion, at Otisville Correctional Facility. None of the 6 with results was above 15 at its latest test. Small ones like Devans Gate Senior Housing supply just their own grounds or street; most of Mount Hope gets its water from Federal Correctional Inst.. 4 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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