How many water violations are in Franklin County?

Franklin County has 3,907 total drinking water violations across 61 water systems, of which 563 are health-based violations. 95.1% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Franklin County systems?

Water systems in Franklin County serve approximately 22,669 people through 61 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Franklin County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 0 of 1 tested systems in Franklin County had at least one PFAS detection (0.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 61 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Franklin County?

Water systems in Franklin County use GW (55 systems), SW (6 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 14.4% of Franklin County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Franklin County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Franklin County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Franklin County ranks #1,666 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #12 of 16 counties in Maine. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Franklin County, Maine

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet ME007 · Franklin County 61 sys · 3,907 viol · #1666/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

VIOL-SEVERE 95.1% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 14.4% health
RANK-MID #1666/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 90%
SYS-MID 61 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Aroostook County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Franklin County ranks #1,666 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #12 of 16 counties in Maine. See methodology · corpus placement.

Franklin County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.1% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 14.4% 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 #1,666 of 3,254 · #12 of 16 in Maine.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Farmington Village Corp Water Dept	4,050	27	Clean
Wilton Water Department	2,800	33	-
Sugarloaf Water Association	1,730	94	-
Rangeley Water District	1,378	23	-
Jay Village Water District	975	124	-
Kingfield Water District	950	27	-
Bullwinkles Restaurant	675	8	-
Mdoc State Park-Mt Blue	652	19	-
Mt Blue Standard Water District	650	95	-
The Rack LLC	506	433	-
Dummers Beach Campground	500	44	-
North Jay Water District	500	69	-
Strong Water District	500	20	-
Eustis Water Department	475	8	-
Bald Mountain Camps	374	195	-
Cathedral Pines Campground	333	54	-
Valley Crossing Condominiums	319	17	-
Sugar Bowl	274	257	-
Mid Mountain Lodge	270	6	-
Kawanhee Inn	269	55	-
Mt Abram High School	265	57	-
New Sharon Water District	245	20	-
Grants Kennebago Camps	233	108	-
Trails End Steak House & Tavern	225	97	-
Farmington Falls Std Water Dist	225	28	-
Msad 09 Cape Cod Hill School	215	22	-
Farmington Ski Club	174	126	-
Natanis Point Campground	160	101	-
Stratton Brook Hut	160	42	-
Poplar Stream Falls Hut	156	22	-
Bear Bellys	153	0	-
Sugarloaf Outdoor Center	150	61	-
Carrabassett Valley Academy	150	168	-
Saddleback Lake Lodge Condo	136	41	-
Hugs Italian Cuisine	135	119	-
Camp Lawroweld	130	90	-
Hedgehog Village	130	46	-
Mdoc State Park-Rangeley Campground	125	102	-
Noahs Ark Daycare Center	114	4	-
Troll Valley Campground	93	81	-
Carrabassett Valley Academy Dorm	90	9	-
Oquossoc Standard Water System	88	9	-
Oquossoc Campground	80	129	-
Maine Wood Turning Inc	71	29	-
Left Bank Condos	70	6	-
Mountain View Motel & Campground	67	26	-
Wilson Lake Inn	65	35	-
Rangeley Manor Cottage Association	65	62	-
Arctaris Saddleback Ski Ops	63	79	-
White Birch Condominiums	50	29	-

Compare beyond Maine

Mid-flagged peers for Franklin County

Cross-state counties nearest Franklin County on flagged-system share (95.1%) and cumulative violation count (3,907). 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

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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