Is Rangeley Water District Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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	Resolved	1998-07-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1998-07-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1998-01-01 → 2003-10-24
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1998-01-01 → 2003-10-24
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1996-05-01 → 1996-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1996-05-01 → 1996-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1996-04-01 → 1996-04-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1996-04-01 → 1996-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1992-01-01 → 2005-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1992-01-01 → 2005-05-31

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
Copper	488 µg/L 38% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 770 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	6.62 µg/L 44% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 15 µg/L	29/32	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate	210 µg/L 2.1% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	18/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0019 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	12/12	LCR	2025
Chloroform	3.64 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.7 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	4.9 µg/L 6.1% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	1.895 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 1.9 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Bromodichloromethane	1.485 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	2/5	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	128 µg/L 1.3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 130 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Chromium	0.9000 µg/L 0.9% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.1600 pCi/L 3.2% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2015

42 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 AcidEthylbenzeneFluorideGross 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: CLINCH III, ALBERT J
Phone: 207-864-5680
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Rangeley Water District

Is Rangeley Water District tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 11 contaminants in Rangeley 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 Rangeley Water District's water?

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

How many people does Rangeley Water District serve?

Rangeley Water District reports serving 1,378 people in Maine, per its EPA record.

Has Rangeley Water District had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 22 violations on file for Rangeley Water District, of which 11 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.