Is Bethel Water District Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Oxford

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-12-30
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2012-01-01 → 2020-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-01-01 → 2019-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-01-01 → 2019-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-01-01 → 2019-12-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Fluoride	780.5 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 840 µg/L	100/100	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	424 µg/L 33% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 525 µg/L	24/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0049 mg/L 33% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	19/19	LCR	2025
Lead	33.745 µg/L 225% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 36 µg/L	12/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	320 µg/L 3.2% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	10/22	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	5.455 µg/L 0.3% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 5.5 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2017
Chloroform	1.5 µg/L No EPA limit set	4/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	318.5 µg/L 3.2% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 320 µg/L	4/5	SYR4	2012–2017
TTHM	2.35 µg/L 2.9% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 2.5 µg/L	4/5	SYR4	2014–2019
Bromodichloromethane	1 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	0.5800 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2012–2017
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.7810 pCi/L 16% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2019

41 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalArsenicBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDibromoacetic AcidDibromochloromethaneDichloroacetic AcidEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNitriteSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Trichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ROBERGE, LUCIEN
Phone: 207-836-2057
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Bethel Water District

Is Bethel Water District tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 12 contaminants in Bethel Water District's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Bethel Water District's water?

EPA monitoring detected Fluoride, Copper, Lead, Lead, Nitrate, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Bethel Water District serve?

Bethel Water District reports serving 1,813 people in Maine, per its EPA record.

Has Bethel Water District had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 11 violations on file for Bethel Water District, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.