Community Water System · PWS ME0090570
Franklin Water Department
Operator location Franklin, Maine - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 443 people served; 104 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 443
- People served (this PWS)
- 104
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 7
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 4 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Franklin Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third
443 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 7% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds).
The verdict
Franklin Water Department sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (104), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (443; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 7% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- 104
- Total EPA violations on record
- 7%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 443
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- 4
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 177
- County
- Hancock
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 85
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 7
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 20 | 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 9 | 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 7 | 2000 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Asbestos | MR | 4 | 2012 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 4 | 2015 |
| Diquat | MR | 4 | 2015 |
| Endothall | MR | 4 | 2015 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| Toluene | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| Benzene | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| Styrene | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 1998 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Franklin Water Department has 104 recorded EPA violations, 74% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 26% carry more. 7% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 104), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
104 Around the middle fewer violations than 26% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 5 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMeFOSAA | 8/21/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/21/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/21/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 2/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 2/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 2/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 2/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 2/21/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 2/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 2/21/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 2/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 2/21/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 2/21/2023 | 6.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 2/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 2/21/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 2/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 2/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 2/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 2/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 2/21/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 2/21/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 2/21/2023 | 3.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 10/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 10/25/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 10/25/2023 | 4.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 10/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 10/25/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 10/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 10/25/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 10/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 10/25/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Franklin Water Department
EPA SDWIS lists 443 people served and 177 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
104 violations · 443 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
What to do with Franklin Water Department
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