Is Great Salt Bay Sanitary District Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Lincoln

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.

129

health-based violations

225

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-21
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-21
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-21
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-08-01 → 2014-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-08-01 → 2014-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-08-01 → 2014-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-08-01 → 2014-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31

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	930 µg/L 23% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1100 µg/L	104/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	70.95 µg/L 5.5% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 100 µg/L	48/48	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	62.37 µg/L 78% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 82.7 µg/L	43/43	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	44.7 µg/L 75% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 83.9 µg/L	43/43	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	19.1 µg/L 127% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 38 µg/L	32/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0012 mg/L 8% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	30/30	LCR	2025
Barium	2.49 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	9.76 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2014–2018
Chloroform	91.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 92 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2014–2018
Dibromochloromethane	1.9 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/4	SYR4	2014–2018
Toluene	1.3 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2014–2018

36 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 TetrachlorideChromiumCombined Radium (-226 And -228)Combined UraniumDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UMercuryNitrateSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ABBOTONI, SCOTT
Phone: 207-563-5105
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Great Salt Bay Sanitary District

Is Great Salt Bay Sanitary District tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 11 contaminants in Great Salt Bay Sanitary 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 Great Salt Bay Sanitary District's water?

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

How many people does Great Salt Bay Sanitary District serve?

Great Salt Bay Sanitary District reports serving 2,143 people in Maine, per its EPA record.

Has Great Salt Bay Sanitary District had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 225 violations on file for Great Salt Bay Sanitary District, of which 129 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.