Community Water System · PWS ME0090700
Houlton Water Company
Operator location Houlton, Maine - UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 30 violations and 4,735 people served.
- 4,735
- People served (this PWS)
- 30
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 1 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Houlton Water Company standing, mid SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #7,991 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Houlton Water Company lands in the middle third by violation volume (30), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (4,735; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- #7,991 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #27 of 193
- Population · ME
- 30
- Total EPA violations on record
- 17%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,894
- County
- Aroostook
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 21
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diquat | MR | 6 | 2021 |
| Endothall | MR | 6 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2004 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2023 |
| Asbestos | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2017 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Houlton Water Company has 30 recorded EPA violations, 42% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 57% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 30), and it ranks #7,991 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)
30 Lower than most fewer violations than 57% 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. 1 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFPeA | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 3/11/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 3/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 3/11/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 3/11/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 3/11/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 3/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 3/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 3/11/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 3/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 3/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 3/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 3/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 3/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 3/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 3/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 3/11/2025 | 4.80 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 3/11/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 3/11/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 3/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 3/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 3/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 3/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 3/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 3/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 3/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 3/11/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 3/11/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 3/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 3/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 3/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 3/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Houlton Water Company
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS ME0090700 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
30 violations · 4,735 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Houlton Water Company
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