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Strafford County, New Hampshire

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NH017 · Strafford County 132 sys · 8,921 viol · #543/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 90.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 22.3% health
  • RANK-TOP #543/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 97%
  • SYS-LARGE 132 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Coos County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Strafford County ranks #543 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #4 of 10 counties in New Hampshire. See methodology · corpus placement.

Strafford County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 90.9% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 22.3% 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 #543 of 3,254 · #4 of 10 in New Hampshire.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Strafford County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Sullivan · lowest Strafford · this county Carroll · near Grafton · highest 86.2% 89.8% 90.9% 91.2% 91.7% 92.7% 94.4%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Dover Water Dept 29,000 155 Clean
Rochester Water Dept 25,000 43 Clean
Unh/Durham Water Sys 16,000 9 Clean
Somersworth Water Works 12,000 160 Clean
Farmington Water Dept 3,250 69 -
Rollinsford Water Sewer Dist 1,688 148 -
Milton Water Dist 800 218 -
Grand View Camping/Wooded Site 800 67 -
Yogi Bears/Lakes Region 675 35 -
Aroma Joes 600 49 -
Nippo Lake Golf Club 551 44 -
Baxter Lake Recreation 550 40 -
Barrington Irving 500 8 -
Ferndale Acres Campground 500 2 -
Barrington Elementary Sch 490 56 -
Strafford Sch 482 138 -
Barrington Middle Sch 467 104 -
Forest Glen Campground 450 94 -
Three Sons Camping 450 8 -
Cumberland Farms 430 4 -
Pineland Park 425 145 -
Mast Way Elementary Sch 396 6 -
Wentworth Douglass Med Off 379 52 -
Moharimet Sch 362 92 -
Turbocam/Phase I 350 8 -
Flag Hill Winery and Distilery 296 8 -
Strafford/Lake Winni South KOA 285 12 -
Johnsons Steak and Seafood 260 94 -
The Shanty Family Tavern 252 26 -
Emerald Acres 250 348 -
Camp Foss 250 13 -
Lions Camp Pride NH 240 0 -
Swains Lake Village Water 227 353 -
Brookdale Spruce Wood 225 30 -
Sunrise Estates 225 108 -
Acorn Terrace 215 157 -
Pine Knoll Village 200 136 -
Wadleigh Falls Campground 200 28 -
Forest Glen Recreation Hall 200 70 -
Barrington Mobile Home Estates 198 57 -
Yogi Bears/Lakes Region South 195 20 -
New Durham Elementary Sch 180 30 -
Middleton Elementary School 174 8 -
Rochester Consecutive Wtr Sys 171 0 -
Stagecoach Farms 167 91 -
Lee Oak Cooperative 163 30 -
Birch Hill Camp/Lodge 163 32 -
Birch Hill Camp/Cafeteria 163 26 -
Tropic Star Convenience 161 0 -
George Calef Fine Foods 160 0 -

Compare beyond New Hampshire

Lower-flagged peers for Strafford County

Cross-state counties nearest Strafford County on flagged-system share (90.9%) and cumulative violation count (8,921). 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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