Villages At Stow, NH
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2018-2018). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Villages At Stow serves about 300 people through 96 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Middlesex County, New Hampshire. EPA system ID: MA2286024; phone on file: 9783719090. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Villages At Stow's lead record
That is down 1.1 ppb from 1.1 ppb in the period ending 2017. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Villages At Stow is 1.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other New Hampshire systems
Of the 124 New Hampshire systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 16 ppb; 62 are over 15 ppb right now and 64 have gone over at some point. Villages At Stow's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 9th percentile in New Hampshire and the 18th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Middlesex County
1 other system shares Middlesex County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Villages At Stow. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Arbor Glen Condominiums | 132 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Villages At Stow's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Villages At Stow 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.