How many water violations are in Lincoln County?

Lincoln County has 6,555 total drinking water violations across 86 water systems, of which 1,106 are health-based violations. 98.8% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Lincoln County systems?

Water systems in Lincoln County serve approximately 24,371 people through 86 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Lincoln County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 0 of 1 tested systems in Lincoln County had at least one PFAS detection (0.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 86 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Lincoln County?

Water systems in Lincoln County use GW (82 systems), SW (4 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. 16.9% of Lincoln County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Lincoln County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lincoln County ranks #1,593 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #11 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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Lincoln County, Maine

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet ME015 · Lincoln County 86 sys · 6,555 viol · #1593/3254

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

VIOL-SEVERE 98.8% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 16.9% health
RANK-MID #1593/3254
BELOW-PEER 1.2 pp cleaner
PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 95%
SYS-MID 86 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Sagadahoc County (+ 1.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lincoln County ranks #1,593 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #11 of 16 counties in Maine. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lincoln County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 98.8% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 16.9% 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 #1,593 of 3,254 · #11 of 16 in Maine.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Boothbay Region Water District	8,448	25	Clean
Great Salt Bay Sanitary District	2,143	226	-
Wiscasset Water District	1,970	34	-
Waldoboro Water Dept	1,065	28	-
Lake Pemaquid Campground	808	40	-
Rsu 40 Medomak Valley High School	669	64	-
Glidden Point Oyster Company	399	39	-
Anchor Inn	323	63	-
Rsu 40 Medomak Middle School	320	16	-
Pemaquid Beach Park	306	64	-
Mdoc State Park-Damariscotta Lake	303	59	-
Monhegan Water Company	300	434	-
Duck Puddle Campground #2	295	51	-
Aos 93 Jefferson Village School	288	105	-
Wavus Camps-Main Lodge & Kitchen	280	25	-
Coveside	246	70	-
Aos 93 Bristol Consolidated School	243	59	-
The Monhegan House	236	117	-
The Contented Sole	220	12	-
Rsu 12 Whitefield Elementary School	211	210	-
Bullwinkles Family Steakhouse	210	553	-
Out of Doors LLC	202	10	-
Bradley Inn	193	35	-
Aos 93 Nobleboro Central School	170	18	-
New Harbor-South	163	16	-
Sherres Kitchen	161	292	-
Sherwood Forest Cmpgrd #2	156	41	-
Town Line Camping LLC	138	8	-
Wawenock Golf Club	134	153	-
The Seagull Shop	130	115	-
Pemaquid Point Campground	126	5	-
Starboard Cafe	125	22	-
The Cubbyhole Sports Pub	119	8	-
Chewonki Campgrounds	118	64	-
Damariscotta Montessori School	112	75	-
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens	110	68	-
Indian Run Estates LLC	103	11	-
Aos 98 Edgecomb Eddy Elementary II	100	14	-
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park	100	70	-
Duck Puddle Campground #1	100	61	-
Um Darling Marine Ctr (Well6)	100	4	-
New Harbor-North	95	12	-
Chewonki Foundation #2	95	11	-
Dresden Elem School	91	65	-
Renys Distribution Center	90	47	-
Masters Machine Company	88	199	-
Center for Teaching/Learning	87	21	-
Whippoorwill Hill Mobile Home	85	49	-
Sheepscot Valley Childrens House	85	382	-
Coastal Christian School	80	61	-

Compare beyond Maine

Mid-flagged peers for Lincoln County

Cross-state counties nearest Lincoln County on flagged-system share (98.8%) and cumulative violation count (6,555). 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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