Wiscasset Water District, ME
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.3 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.
Who runs the water here
Wiscasset Water District serves about 1,970 people through 788 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Lincoln County, Maine. EPA system ID: ME0091660; phone on file: 207-737-4092. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (6.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wiscasset Water District is 6.1 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 6.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 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. Wiscasset Water District's 5.3 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in Maine and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Lincoln County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wiscasset Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Boothbay Region Water District | 8,448 | 0 (not detected) |
| Great Salt Bay Sanitary District | 2,143 | 1.2 ppb |
| Waldoboro Water Dept | 1,065 | 0 (not detected) |
| Indian Run Estates Llc | 103 | 5.1 ppb |
| Whippoorwill Hill Mobile Home | 85 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maplewood Mobile Home Park | 70 | 0.8 ppb |
| East Ridge Mobile Home Park | 70 | 0.9 ppb |
| Brookside Mobile Home Court | 58 | 0.7 ppb |
| Pines Mobile Home Park Llc | 50 | 2.4 ppb |
| Dresden Water Department | 43 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Wiscasset, ME
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wiscasset, 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 Wiscasset Water District 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.