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Community Water System · PWS ME0019577

Lakes Region Apartments

Waterville, Maine 04901 - drinking water served from groundwater sources to 40 people, tracked in EPA SDWIS and UCMR5.

40
People served
110
EPA violations
22
Health-based
Untested
UCMR5 result

The verdict

EPA records 110 drinking-water violations at Lakes Region Apartments, 20% of them health-based - above the Maine per-system average.

110
Total EPA violations on record
20%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
40
People served by this system
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Water Quality Snapshot: Lakes Region Apartments

Lakes Region Apartments is a private-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 40 residents in Waterville, Maine (Kennebec County) through 1 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 110 total violations for this system , of which 22 (20%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 75 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2022.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Coliform (TCR), recorded in 42 violations (MR). This system has not yet been sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, so no PFAS detection data is available here.

Across Maine, EPA tracks 1,864 public water systems serving 936,624 people, with 148,796 cumulative violations and 23,741 health-based violations on record. About 94% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 79.8 violations. Statewide, 10 of 41 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (24.4%).

Lakes Region Apartments's 110 violations sit above the Maine average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.

Population Served
40
Total Violations
110
Health-Based Violations
22
Water Source
Groundwater

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
1
County
Kennebec
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
14
Monitoring Violations
75
Treatment Tech Violations
8

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 42 2008
Coliform (TCR) MCL 14 2005
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 14 2021
Public Notice Other 10 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 8 2021
Nitrate MR 5 2020
Nitrite MR 5 2012
E. COLI MR 5 2021
Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 3 2021

Verify This Water System

The figures above are aggregated from EPA's public databases. To verify the underlying records, or to file a complaint, request a Consumer Confidence Report, or check current monitoring status, go directly to the federal and state regulators that enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act for Lakes Region Apartments.

Federal Source of Truth

EPA SDWIS, Federal Reports

EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) holds the federal compliance record for every regulated public water system. Open the system-level report by PWS ID:

View PWS ID ME0019577 on SDWIS

Source: EPA SDWIS Federal Reports Search

State Regulator

Maine Drinking Water Authority

Maine's primacy agency administers the Safe Drinking Water Act locally. Search EPA SDWIS for the current state contact, or use the state's public health or environment department portal.

Find ME regulator via EPA SDWIS

Violation Timeline

Each row links to the EPA SDWIS public record for verification. Cross-reference the contaminant code on EPA's federal report to see violation dates, return-to-compliance status, and enforcement actions.

Year (latest) Contaminant Category Count EPA Record
2022 Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 SDWIS / ME0019577 / 5000
2021 Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 14 SDWIS / ME0019577 / 8000
2021 Public Notice Other 10 SDWIS / ME0019577 / 7500
2021 Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 8 SDWIS / ME0019577 / 8000
2021 E. COLI MR 5 SDWIS / ME0019577 / 3014
2021 Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 3 SDWIS / ME0019577 / 8000
2020 Nitrate MR 5 SDWIS / ME0019577 / 1040
2012 Nitrite MR 5 SDWIS / ME0019577 / 1041
2008 Coliform (TCR) MR 42 SDWIS / ME0019577 / 3100
2005 Coliform (TCR) MCL 14 SDWIS / ME0019577 / 3100

How Lakes Region Apartments Compares

Cross-reference this system's record against state averages and the federal MCL framework for context.

Metric Lakes Region Apartments Maine avg Federal benchmark
Total violations 110 79.8 SDWA compliance, any non-zero count is a recorded breach
Health-based violations 22 12.7 Indicates a contaminant exceeded a federal MCL
PFAS detection None 24.4% EPA final rule (2024): PFOA/PFOS MCL = 4.0 ppt
Population served 40 502 Sizing context for compliance burden

Sources: EPA SDWIS and EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (40 CFR Part 141). State averages computed across 1,864 regulated public water systems in Maine.

Federal MCL reference, Safe Drinking Water Act thresholds ▼
Contaminant Federal MCL / Action Level Note
Lead 0 mg/L (Action Level: 0.015 mg/L) Lead and Copper Rule treatment technique
Arsenic 0.010 mg/L (10 ppb) Health-based MCL since 2006
Total Coliform Treatment technique (RTCR) Indicator organism, monitoring trigger
PFOA / PFOS (PFAS) 4.0 ppt each (final 2024 rule) Compliance deadline 2029 (EPA proposed extending to 2031, not yet final as of May 2026)
Nitrate (as N) 10 mg/L Acute health risk for infants

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Lakes Region Apartments water safe to drink? ▼
Lakes Region Apartments (PWS ID: ME0019577) has 110 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. This system serves 40 people using Groundwater sources.
How many people does Lakes Region Apartments serve? ▼
Lakes Region Apartments serves 40 people in Waterville, Maine. It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 1 service connections.
What type of violations does Lakes Region Apartments have? ▼
Lakes Region Apartments has 110 total violations: 22 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 75 monitoring/reporting violations, and 8 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.
Has PFAS been detected in Lakes Region Apartments water? ▼
No PFAS testing data is available for Lakes Region Apartments under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
What water source does Lakes Region Apartments use? ▼
Lakes Region Apartments uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.
Where does this data come from? ▼
All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Data Sources: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), Q4 2025. This data is provided for informational purposes only.

Read our methodology - 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 Editorial

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This system's figures are rendered directly from EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.