Community Water System · PWS ME0091230
Paris Utility District
Operator location South Paris, Maine - 67% of 39 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,940 served per SDWIS.
- 2,940
- People served (this PWS)
- 39
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 26
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Paris Utility District standing, mid SDWIS violation third
67% of 39 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 67% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #10,822 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Paris Utility District lands in the middle third by violation volume (39), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,940 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 67% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,822 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #40 of 193
- Population · ME
- 39
- Total EPA violations on record
- 67%
- 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
- 1,176
- County
- Oxford
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 26
- Monitoring Violations
- 3
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 26 | 2008 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2006 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 1991 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 2 | 2018 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Paris Utility District has 39 recorded EPA violations, 50% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 50% carry more. 67% of this system's own violations are health-based (26 of 39), and it ranks #10,822 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)
39 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 Paris Utility District
26 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for ME0091230.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
39 violations · 2,940 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 Paris Utility District
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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