Community Water System · PWS ME0090440
Dexter Utility District
Operator location Dexter, Maine - 39% of 38 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,338 served per SDWIS.
- 2,338
- People served (this PWS)
- 38
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 15
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Dexter Utility District standing, mid SDWIS violation third
39% of 38 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 39% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #12,457 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Dexter Utility District lands in the middle third by violation volume (38), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,338 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 39% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,457 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #53 of 193
- Population · ME
- 38
- Total EPA violations on record
- 39%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 935
- County
- Penobscot
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 23
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 15
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 15 | 1999 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 12 | 2004 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 4 | 2013 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 3 | 1992 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Dexter Utility District has 38 recorded EPA violations, 49% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 50% carry more. 39% of this system's own violations are health-based (15 of 38), and it ranks #12,457 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
38 Lower than most fewer violations than 50% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Dexter Utility District
15 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for ME0090440.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
38 violations · 2,338 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Dexter Utility District
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