Wardtown Park, ME
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Who runs the water here
Wardtown Park serves about 150 people through 60 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cumberland County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0007009; phone on file: 207-769-4040. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wardtown Park is 35.9 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 35.9 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 1.3 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. Wardtown Park's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 20th percentile in Maine and the 13th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
28 other systems share Cumberland County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wardtown Park. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Portland Water District-Greater | 135,068 | 1.5 ppb |
| Brunswick/Topsham Water District | 18,863 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yarmouth Water District | 8,000 | 9.52 ppb |
| Bridgton Water District | 3,660 | 1.8 ppb |
| Maine Water Company Freeport Division | 2,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gray Water District | 2,468 | 2.3 ppb |
| South Freeport Water District | 960 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harrison Water District | 863 | 1.1 ppb |
| Friendly Village Of Gorham Mhp | 763 | 0.74 ppb |
| Knights Hill Association | 718 | 2.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Freeport, 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 Wardtown Park 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.