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Lead in Rhode Island

Of the 88 water suppliers tested for Lead in Rhode Island, 6 exceeded the lead action level (6.8%).

6.8%
of suppliers exceeded the lead action level
88
suppliers tested

What is Lead?

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water suppliers

Lead value per supplier, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Suppliers that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SupplierCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
Ladd Center Water System Exeter 129 0.0640 mg/L
Tripplewood Resort Condos Campton 60 0.0330 mg/L
Exeter Job Corps Center Exeter 300 0.0188 mg/L
White Lake Estates Tamworth 250 0.0180 mg/L
Lake Forest Health and Rehabilitation Smithfield 268 0.0170 mg/L
Eleanor Slater Hospital Zambarano Unit Burrillville 540 0.0160 mg/L
Sunset Cove Properties Llc Glocester 30 0.0080 mg/L
Pine Acres Alr Coventry 75 0.0074 mg/L
Maplehill Mobile Home Park Burrillville 750 0.0068 mg/L
Woonsocket Water Division Woonsocket 45,828 0.0066 mg/L
University of Rhode Island South Kingstown 19,354 0.0064 mg/L
South Kingstown-South Shore South Kingstown 6,170 0.0060 mg/L
Westerly Water Department Westerly 35,298 0.0051 mg/L
Stone Bridge Fire District Tiverton 2,793 0.0050 mg/L
Bethel Village Water Assn Hopkinton 180 0.0050 mg/L
Four Seasons Mhp Co-Op Assn. Tiverton 40 0.0050 mg/L
Portsmouth Water & Fire District Portsmouth 17,090 0.0048 mg/L
Newport-City of Middletown 42,155 0.0044 mg/L
Narragansett Water System-Point Judith Narragansett 8,210 0.0041 mg/L
Naval Station, Newport Newport 7,870 0.0040 mg/L
Canonchet Cliffs Water Association Inc. Hopkinton 154 0.0040 mg/L
Scituate High School & Middle School Scituate 1,426 0.0034 mg/L
Veolia Water Wakefield Rhode Island Inc South Kingstown 22,347 0.0032 mg/L
Tiverton Water Authority, Town Hall Tiverton 3,213 0.0030 mg/L
Harmony Hill School, Inc. Glocester 199 0.0030 mg/L
Border Hill Mobile Home Park Charlestown 75 0.0030 mg/L
Shannock Water District Richmond 75 0.0030 mg/L
Heritage Park Home Co-Operative Tiverton 60 0.0030 mg/L
Kingston Water District South Kingstown 3,968 0.0029 mg/L
Quonochontaug East Beach Water Associati Charlestown 300 0.0026 mg/L
Touisset Point Water Trust Warren 225 0.0025 mg/L
Charter Oaks Village Cooperative Arundel 105 0.0025 mg/L
Castle Rock Condominiums Charlestown 292 0.0020 mg/L
Echo Lake Water District Glocester 160 0.0020 mg/L
Foster Senior Housing Inc. Foster 31 0.0020 mg/L
Warwick-City of Warwick 73,289 0.0019 mg/L
Bristol County Water Authority Barrington 49,000 0.0019 mg/L
Abbey Lane Community Assn., Inc. Foster 45 0.0018 mg/L
Smithfield Water Supply Board Smithfield 9,460 0.0015 mg/L
Warwick-Potowomut Warwick 2,163 0.0015 mg/L
Liberty Hill Exeter 48 0.0015 mg/L
Kent County Water Authority Coventry 94,107 0.0014 mg/L
South Trail Commerce Exeter 175 0.0014 mg/L
Pawtucket Water Supply Board Veolia-Na Central Falls 98,130 0.0013 mg/L
North Kingstown Town of North Kingstown 27,732 0.0013 mg/L
Richmond Ridge Development Richmond 172 0.0013 mg/L
Narragansett Water Dept-North End Narragansett 4,432 0.0012 mg/L
Jamestown Water Department Jamestown 3,348 0.0011 mg/L
Providence-City of - Whipple Smithfield 471 0.0011 mg/L
Cumberland, Town of Cumberland 21,235 0.0010 mg/L
North Tiverton Fire District Tiverton 8,969 0.0010 mg/L
Prudence Island Water District Portsmouth 1,500 0.0010 mg/L
South Kingstown-Middlebridge South Kingstown 694 0.0010 mg/L
Hillsdale Housing Cooperative, Inc. South Kingstown 170 0.0010 mg/L
Charlestown Cedars Llc Charlestown 150 0.0010 mg/L
Mobile Village, Inc. Exeter 130 0.0010 mg/L
Saugatucket Springs Hopkinton 110 0.0010 mg/L
Blueberry Heights Housing Cooperative Co West Greenwich 44 0.0010 mg/L
East Providence-City of East Providence 47,618 0.00090 mg/L
Glendale Water Assn Burrillville 75 0.00080 mg/L
Lawrence Sunset Cove Association Tiverton 36 0.00080 mg/L
Slatersville Public Supply North Smithfield 3,403 0.00070 mg/L
Central Beach Fire District Charlestown 470 0.00060 mg/L
Telemark Village Killington 82 0.00060 mg/L
Richmond, Town of Richmond 2,671 0.00030 mg/L
Providence-City of Cranston 333,142 0.00020 mg/L
Lincoln Water Commission Lincoln 21,664 0.0 mg/L
Cne - New London Turnpike Entry Point Coventry 9,999 0.0 mg/L
Greenville Water District Smithfield 9,500 0.0 mg/L
Clear River Electric and Water District Burrillville 6,000 0.0 mg/L
Dowling Village North Smithfield 2,720 0.0 mg/L
United States Navy -Fort Adams Newport 320 0.0 mg/L
Cne - Hopkins Hill Road Entry Point Coventry 317 0.0 mg/L
North Ave Co-Op Burlington 301 0.0 mg/L
Shadow Woods at Deer Brook Exeter 300 0.0 mg/L
South Kingstown Nursing and Rehab South Kingstown 232 0.0 mg/L
Dawn Hill Home Rehab and Healthcare, the Bristol 220 0.0 mg/L
Meadowlark, Inc. Middletown 183 0.0 mg/L
Split Rock Corporation Exeter 138 0.0 mg/L
Chimera Inc Glocester 133 0.0 mg/L
Hopkinton, Town of Hopkinton 125 0.0 mg/L
Paige Associates Coventry 120 0.0 mg/L
Alpine Nursing Home Coventry 105 0.0 mg/L
Blue Rock Cooperative Monmouth 105 0.0 mg/L
Church Woods Charlestown 98 0.0 mg/L
Fall Brook Mobile Home Park Killingly 98 0.0 mg/L
Pemaquid Villas Mhp Bristol 53 0.0 mg/L
Laurel Crest Glocester Housing Authority Glocester 43 0.0 mg/L