Maine
368 Utilities
Serving: 669,000
Data available: 2012-2017
Contaminants Found: 60
EWG's drinking water quality report for Maine shows results of tests conducted by the water utilities in Maine and provided to EWG by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services - Division of Environmental Health.
Below are utilities in Maine serving over 10,000 people, listed alphabetically.
Large utilities in Maine
Utility | Location | People Served |
---|---|---|
Auburn Water District | Auburn, ME | 16,530 |
Bangor Water District | Bangor, ME | 25,855 |
Brunswick / Topsham Water District | Topsham, ME | 17,383 |
Greater Augusta Utility District | Augusta, ME | 14,380 |
Kennebec Water District | Waterville, ME | 21,500 |
Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells WD | Kennebunk, ME | 31,440 |
Kittery Water District | Kittery, ME | 13,223 |
Lewiston Water & Sewer Division | Lewiston, ME | 23,058 |
Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div | Saco, ME | 38,870 |
Maine Water Company Camden & Rockland | Saco, ME | 20,905 |
Portland Water District - Greater Portland | Portland, ME | 136,945 |
Sanford Water District | Sanford, ME | 14,025 |
York Water District | York, ME | 12,893 |
Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 in Maine
The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.
Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 in Maine
The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.
Utility | Location | People Served | Violation Points |
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Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div | Saco, ME | 38,870 | 3 |
York Water District | York, ME | 12,893 | 3 |
Kittery Water District | Kittery, ME | 13,223 | 2 |
Sanford Water District | Sanford, ME | 14,025 | 1 |
Contaminants found in Maine above health guidelines
Found above health guidelines | Found | ||||||
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Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | # of Utilities | People Served | |||
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 169 | 620,844 | 170 | 620,879 | |||
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 115 | 567,282 | 115 | 567,282 | |||
Chromium (hexavalent) | 17 | 411,363 | 19 | 414,363 | |||
Bromodichloromethane | 108 | 301,351 | 108 | 301,351 | |||
Chloroform | 104 | 290,259 | 115 | 304,031 | |||
Dichloroacetic acid | 66 | 242,948 | 66 | 242,948 | |||
Trichloroacetic acid | 52 | 222,175 | 52 | 222,175 | |||
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 259 | 217,883 | 266 | 226,060 | |||
Nitrate | 171 | 165,002 | 240 | 431,350 | |||
Dibromochloromethane | 74 | 153,835 | 75 | 155,735 | |||
Nitrate and nitrite | 141 | 153,022 | 198 | 262,251 | |||
Arsenic | 158 | 139,302 | 158 | 139,302 | |||
Uranium | 111 | 92,748 | 138 | 328,558 | |||
Radon | 50 | 60,186 | 50 | 60,186 | |||
Chlorate | 4 | 45,778 | 19 | 414,363 | |||
Cadmium | 3 | 45,490 | 3 | 45,490 | |||
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) | 2 | 45,465 | 2 | 45,465 | |||
Bromate | 4 | 33,653 | 4 | 33,653 | |||
Chlorite | 1 | 31,440 | 1 | 31,440 | |||
Manganese | 21 | 28,402 | 241 | 467,054 | |||
Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHXS) | 1 | 14,025 | 1 | 14,025 | |||
Bromoform | 22 | 12,031 | 29 | 21,644 | |||
Dibromoacetic acid | 11 | 7,181 | 11 | 7,181 | |||
Antimony | 4 | 280 | 27 | 12,140 | |||
Trichloroethylene | 1 | 275 | 1 | 275 | |||
1,2,3-Trichloropropane | 1 | 43 | 1 | 43 |
Contaminants found in Maine above legal limits
Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | |
---|---|---|---|
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 2 | 1,945 | |
Arsenic | 4 | 1,688 | |
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 1 | 215 | |
Uranium | 3 | 168 | |
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) | 1 | 150 |