Is Maine Water Company Bucksport Division Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Hancock

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
TT	Health-based	Archived	1992-01-01 → 1997-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-01-01 → 1993-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-01-01 → 1993-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-01-01 → 1993-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-01-01 → 1993-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-01-01 → 1993-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-01-01 → 1993-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-01-01 → 1993-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-01-01 → 1993-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-01-01 → 1993-12-31

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	750 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 830 µg/L	108/108	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	79 µg/L 99% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 93.4 µg/L	41/41	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	45.4 µg/L 76% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 48.4 µg/L	41/41	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0020 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2024
Copper	77.15 µg/L 5.9% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 81.8 µg/L	11/19	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	4.15 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.2 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2018–2019
Chloroform	27.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 28 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2018–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	9.55 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.7 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2018–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	12.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2018–2019
Barium	2.56 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 2.6 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	8.561 µg/L 57% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 9 µg/L	3/19	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	0.0680 pCi/L 0.5% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2015

66 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane2,4,5-TP2,4-DAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDibromoacetic AcidDibromochloromethaneDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNitrateNitrate-NitriteNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: DILLINGHAM, MARY JANE
Phone: 207-294-6940
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Maine Water Company Bucksport Division

Is Maine Water Company Bucksport Division tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 12 contaminants in Maine Water Company Bucksport Division'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 Maine Water Company Bucksport Division's water?

EPA monitoring detected Fluoride, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Lead, Copper, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Maine Water Company Bucksport Division serve?

Maine Water Company Bucksport Division reports serving 1,700 people in Maine, per its EPA record.

Has Maine Water Company Bucksport Division had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 16 violations on file for Maine Water Company Bucksport Division, of which 1 is 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.