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Aroostook County, Maine

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet ME003 · Aroostook County 124 sys · 14,153 viol · #1096/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 22.1% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1096/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-MID 25.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-LARGE 124 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Franklin County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Aroostook County ranks #1,096 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #7 of 16 counties in Maine. See methodology · corpus placement.

Aroostook County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.2% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 22.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 25.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,096 of 3,254 · #7 of 16 in Maine.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Aroostook County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Aroostook County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Androscoggin · lowest Waldo · near Aroostook · this county Sagadahoc · highest 87.2% 94.4% 94.8% 95.1% 95.2% 95.5% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Presque Isle Utilities District 6,128 42 Clean
Houlton Water Company 4,735 30 Detected
Caribou Utilities District 3,943 84 Clean
Madawaska Water District 2,738 32 -
Van Buren Water District 2,190 17 Clean
Fort Fairfield Utilities District 2,025 74 -
Fort Kent W & W Department 1,578 32 -
Mars Hill and Blaine Water Company 1,500 596 -
Limestone Water & Sewer District 875 78 -
Ashland Water & Sewer District 713 64 -
Washburn Water & Sewer District 688 147 -
Eagle Lake Water & Sewer District 585 328 -
Island Falls Water Dept 475 145 -
Caribou Inn & Convention Center 466 84 -
McCain Foods USA Inc 465 36 -
Southern Aroostook Comm School 400 79 -
Presque Isle Country Club 300 93 -
Grand Isle Water System 278 103 -
Msad 70 Hodgdon Elementary School 264 47 -
Birch Haven Campground 249 29 -
Msad 01 Mapleton Elem School 236 49 -
Houlton Community Golf Club 225 112 -
The Homestead Lodge 212 0 -
Lakeview Camping Resort 205 47 -
Caribou Country Club 200 63 -
Acap Child & Family Center 200 12 -
Wilderness Pines Campground 192 307 -
Arndts Aroostook River Lodge 188 8 -
Msad 70 Hodgdon High School 187 39 -
Teed Up Together 186 659 -
Dollys Restaurant 180 180 -
Loring Development Authority 180 544 -
Brookside Inn 176 245 -
Birch Point Lodge Inc 176 99 -
Littleton Pit Stop 176 74 -
Deans Motor Lodge 175 293 -
Big Rock Ski Area/Restaurant 174 149 -
Northern Maine Brewing Company LLC 170 49 -
Houlton KOA 163 50 -
Fort Kent Golf Club 162 93 -
Msu 122 Woodland Consolidated School 160 43 -
The Par & Grill Restaurant 153 18 -
Vaughan Walker Corporation 150 395 -
Louisiana-Pacific Corp-New Limerick 150 231 -
St Josephs Memory Care 143 265 -
Easton Elementary School 140 109 -
Waters Edge RV Resort 137 56 -
Living Waters #1 137 149 -
Living Waters #2 136 175 -
Town and Country Apartments 136 39 -

Compare beyond Maine

Mid-flagged peers for Aroostook County

Cross-state counties nearest Aroostook County on flagged-system share (95.2%) and cumulative violation count (14,153). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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