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Belknap County, New Hampshire

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NH001 · Belknap County 255 sys · 16,111 viol · #701/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 89.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.4% health
  • RANK-UPPER #701/3254
  • BELOW-PEER 1.1 pp cleaner
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-LARGE 255 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Strafford County (+ 1.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Belknap County ranks #701 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #7 of 10 counties in New Hampshire. See methodology · corpus placement.

Belknap County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 89.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 17.4% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #701 of 3,254 · #7 of 10 in New Hampshire.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Belknap County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Sullivan · lowest Hillsborough · near Strafford · near Grafton · highest 86.2% 88% 88.6% 89.8% 90.9% 91.2% 94.4%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Laconia Water Works 21,000 0 Clean
Meredith Water Dept 3,750 250 -
Locke Lake 2,278 253 -
Alton Water Works 1,800 421 -
Belmont Water Dept 1,612 21 -
Gunstock Acres Village Dist 1,440 140 -
Sanbornton Rest Area 1,200 0 -
Sawyers Dairy Bar 999 23 -
Gilford Middle and High Sch 958 102 -
Meadowbrook/Conference Center 742 41 -
Saint Charles Church 730 28 -
Tilt N Diner 729 47 -
Gilford Hills 700 115 -
Adventure Bound Camping Resort 665 36 -
Barnstead Elementary Sch 646 54 -
West Alton Marina 618 0 -
St Katharine Drexel Parish 600 0 -
New Hampton Village Pct 600 364 -
Dunkin Donuts 600 19 -
Meadowbrook Farm/Stage 592 16 -
Inter Lakes Elementary Sch 587 47 -
Mountain View Yacht Club I 570 55 -
Inter Lakes High Sch 556 11 -
Twin Tamarack Campground 2 N 550 8 -
Prospect Mountain High Sch 500 17 -
Tilton Irving Mainway 500 0 -
Gilmanton Elementary Sch 494 61 -
Rossis Italian Restaurant 480 0 -
Camp Brookwoods 425 41 -
Camp Brookwoods/Deer Run 425 0 -
Pine Gardens MHP 413 3 -
Lochmere Village Dist 405 480 -
Camp Fatima/Dining Hall 400 4 -
The Mug 400 13 -
Haffners 400 14 -
Hidden Valley/Dining Hall 400 22 -
Tanger Outlet Center 400 7 -
Burger King 400 30 -
Abenaki Water /Lakeland 395 62 -
Hunters Run RV Park Lakeside S 388 16 -
Gilford Elementary Sch 376 88 -
Country Cook N at the Lakeside 360 44 -
104 Diner 350 188 -
Winnisquam Beach Campground 348 17 -
Samoset at Winnipesaukee 343 37 -
Resort on the Bay 328 4 -
Mallards Landing 325 19 -
Econo Lodge/Winni Grille 312 24 -
Tamarack Restaurant 300 80 -
Lakes Region MHP Coop II 276 45 -

Compare beyond New Hampshire

Lower-flagged peers for Belknap County

Cross-state counties nearest Belknap County on flagged-system share (89.8%) and cumulative violation count (16,111). 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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