Is Norway 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	2005-03-01 → 2005-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2005-03-01 → 2005-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2005-03-01 → 2005-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2005-03-01 → 2005-03-31

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	900 µg/L 23% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1000 µg/L	99/99	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	150 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 200 µg/L	21/23	SYR4	2012–2018
Nitrate	1800 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0034 mg/L 23% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2023
Lead	5.92 µg/L 39% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 8 µg/L	9/23	SYR4	2012–2018
Dibromochloromethane	2.88 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3 µg/L	4/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	17 µg/L 0.9% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Nitrate-Nitrite	1770 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1800 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
TTHM	5.87 µg/L 7.3% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 6.1 µg/L	3/5	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	1.695 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.7 µg/L	2/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	0.9335 µg/L 0.9% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 0.9400 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Combined Uranium	2.99 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 3 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2015–2018
Bromoform	1.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.4780 pCi/L 9.6% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2015
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	3.15 pCi/L 21% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	1/2	SYR4	2012–2018

38 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, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChloroformDichloromethaneDibromoacetic AcidDichloroacetic AcidEthylbenzeneMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNitriteSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Trichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BRITTON JR, FRANK T
Phone: 207-743-2414
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Norway Water District

Is Norway Water District tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in Norway 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 Norway Water District's water?

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

How many people does Norway Water District serve?

Norway Water District reports serving 2,000 people in Maine, per its EPA record.

Has Norway Water District had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 4 violations on file for Norway 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.