Is Ashland Water Dept Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

181

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1995-10-01 → 1995-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1995-10-01 → 1995-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1995-10-01 → 1995-10-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1992-01-01 → 1997-04-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-10-01
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2015-02-10
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2015-02-10
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-10-01

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	298.5 µg/L 23% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 410 µg/L	24/24	SYR4	2014–2019
Nitrate	930 µg/L 9.3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	20/24	SYR4	2014–2019
Lead	0.0310 mg/L 207% above the EPA limit of 0.0150 mg/L	7/7	LCR	2012
Bromodichloromethane	2.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.2 µg/L	6/15	SYR4	2014–2019
Bromoform	1.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.6 µg/L	6/15	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.225 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.3 µg/L	6/15	SYR4	2014–2019
TTHM	6.375 µg/L 8% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 6.64 µg/L	6/11	SYR4	2014–2019
Barium	28.25 µg/L 1.4% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 29 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2014–2019
Chloroform	0.9300 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.9400 µg/L	3/15	SYR4	2014–2019
Combined Uranium	0.2000 µg/L 0.7% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2016–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	9.34 pCi/L 62% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 10.2 pCi/L	3/3	SYR4	2016–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.18 pCi/L 24% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 1.2 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2016
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.1 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/11	SYR4	2014–2019
Lead	4.8 µg/L 32% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L	1/20	SYR4	2016–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	1.1 µg/L 1.8% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L	1/11	SYR4	2014–2019

61 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, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDichloroacetic AcidDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ANDREW BENTON

Frequently asked questions about Ashland Water Dept

Is Ashland Water Dept tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in Ashland Water Dept'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 Ashland Water Dept's water?

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

How many people does Ashland Water Dept serve?

Ashland Water Dept reports serving 1,525 people in New Hampshire, per its EPA record.

Has Ashland Water Dept had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 181 violations on file for Ashland Water Dept, of which 4 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 2 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.