Wolfeboro Water And Sewer, NH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
About Wolfeboro Water And Sewer
Wolfeboro Water And Sewer serves about 6,000 people through 2,400 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Carroll County, New Hampshire. EPA system ID: NH2561010. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wolfeboro Water And Sewer is 6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 6 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. Wolfeboro Water And Sewer's 2 ppb sits at the 32nd percentile in New Hampshire and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Carroll County
103 other systems share Carroll County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wolfeboro Water And Sewer. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North Conway Water Pct | 5,500 | 8 ppb |
| Lower Bartlett Water Pct | 3,850 | 1 ppb |
| Conway Water And Sewer | 2,745 | - |
| Paradise Shores | 2,060 | - |
| Sanbornville Water Dept | 1,425 | - |
| Village District Of Eidelweiss | 1,200 | - |
| Ossipee Water Dept | 860 | 19 ppb |
| River Run Condos | 750 | 20 ppb |
| Bartlett Village Pct | 625 | - |
| Lov Water | 590 | - |
Next steps for Wolfeboro, NH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wolfeboro, 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 Wolfeboro Water And Sewer 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.