Is Newport Water District Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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.

351

health-based violations

373

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-10-01 → 2010-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-10-01 → 2010-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-10-01 → 2010-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-10-01 → 2010-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-10-01 → 2010-12-31

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	985.5 µg/L 25% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1040 µg/L	104/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	252 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 370 µg/L	77/78	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	27.4 µg/L 183% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 100 µg/L	57/78	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	76.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 91 µg/L	47/47	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	4.05 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5 µg/L	46/47	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	87.225 µg/L 109% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 102 µg/L	46/46	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	69 µg/L 115% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 96 µg/L	45/45	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	40 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 73 µg/L	44/44	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	26.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 33 µg/L	39/44	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0013 mg/L 8.7% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	22/22	LCR	2023
Barium	5.22 µg/L 0.3% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 5.5 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	0.6870 µg/L 6.9% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 0.6900 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	110 µg/L 1.1% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	2/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	0.5000 µg/L 0.5% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Ethylbenzene	13 µg/L 1.9% of the EPA limit 700 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2014–2017
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.1 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/43	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	110 µg/L 1.1% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2012
Xylenes, Total	69 µg/L 0.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2014–2017

48 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDibromoacetic AcidDibromochloromethaneEndrinGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNitriteSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: NEWHALL, AARON J
Phone: 207-368-4314
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Newport Water District

Is Newport Water District tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 18 contaminants in Newport 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 Newport Water District's water?

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

How many people does Newport Water District serve?

Newport Water District reports serving 1,900 people in Maine, per its EPA record.

Has Newport Water District had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 373 violations on file for Newport Water District, of which 351 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.