Waubeeka Springs, MA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 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.
Waubeeka Springs at a glance
Waubeeka Springs serves about 50 people through 19 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. EPA system ID: MA1341004; phone on file: 4134487706. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Waubeeka Springs's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Waubeeka Springs is 4.21 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 4.21 ppb |
Against other Massachusetts systems
Of the 535 Massachusetts systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.7 ppb; 13 are over 15 ppb right now and 66 have gone over at some point. Waubeeka Springs's 0.8 ppb sits at the 28th percentile in Massachusetts and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Berkshire County
37 other systems share Berkshire County; 23 of them have a higher latest lead result than Waubeeka Springs. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield Dpu Water Dept | 43,927 | 2.4 ppb |
| North Adams Water Dept | 13,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lenox Dpw Water Division | 9,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Adams Fire District | 7,945 | 0 (not detected) |
| Williamstown Water Dept | 7,326 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dalton Fire District | 6,330 | 1.15 ppb |
| Lee Water Dept | 5,686 | 1.1 ppb |
| Great Barrington Fire Dist | 4,380 | 5.3 ppb |
| Stockbridge Water Dept | 2,800 | 5 ppb |
| Lanesborough Fire And Water District | 2,342 | 2.2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Williamstown, MA 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 Waubeeka Springs 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.