Westminster Housing, NH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Westminster Housing at a glance
Westminster Housing serves about 25 people through 3 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Windham County, New Hampshire. EPA system ID: VT0008346; phone on file: 603-641-2163. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Westminster Housing is 3 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Westminster Housing's 3 ppb sits at the 41st percentile in New Hampshire and the 81st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Windham County
3 other systems share Windham County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Westminster Housing. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Butterfield Common Senior Housing | 105 | 0 (not detected) |
| Valley Cares Inc | 92 | 2 ppb |
| Huckle Hill Housing | 49 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bedford, NH 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 Westminster Housing 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.