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Community Water System · PWS ME0092327

Greenwood Garden Apartments

Bangor, Maine 04401 - drinking water served from groundwater sources to 50 people, tracked in EPA SDWIS and UCMR5.

50
People served
219
EPA violations
19
Health-based
Untested
UCMR5 result

The verdict

EPA records 219 drinking-water violations at Greenwood Garden Apartments, 9% of them health-based - above the Maine per-system average.

219
Total EPA violations on record
9%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
50
People served by this system
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Water Quality Snapshot: Greenwood Garden Apartments

Greenwood Garden Apartments is a private-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 50 residents in Bangor, Maine (Penobscot County) through 20 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 219 total violations for this system , of which 19 (9%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 185 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 94 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%).

Greenwood Garden Apartments's 219 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
50
Total Violations
219
Health-Based Violations
19
Water Source
Groundwater

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
20
County
Penobscot
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
12
Monitoring Violations
185
Treatment Tech Violations
7

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 94 2007
Nitrate MR 69 1998
Lead and Copper Rule MR 14 2022
Coliform (TCR) MCL 12 2000
Lead and Copper Rule TT 7 2021
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 6 2015
TTHM MR 4 2007
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 4 2007
Public Notice Other 2 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 Greenwood Garden 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 ME0092327 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 14 SDWIS / ME0092327 / 5000
2021 Lead and Copper Rule TT 7 SDWIS / ME0092327 / 5000
2021 Public Notice Other 2 SDWIS / ME0092327 / 7500
2015 Consumer Confidence Rule Other 6 SDWIS / ME0092327 / 7000
2007 Coliform (TCR) MR 94 SDWIS / ME0092327 / 3100
2007 TTHM MR 4 SDWIS / ME0092327 / 2950
2007 Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 4 SDWIS / ME0092327 / 2456
2000 Coliform (TCR) MCL 12 SDWIS / ME0092327 / 3100
1998 Nitrate MR 69 SDWIS / ME0092327 / 1040

How Greenwood Garden Apartments Compares

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

Metric Greenwood Garden Apartments Maine avg Federal benchmark
Total violations 219 79.8 SDWA compliance, any non-zero count is a recorded breach
Health-based violations 19 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 50 502 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 Greenwood Garden Apartments water safe to drink? ▼
Greenwood Garden Apartments (PWS ID: ME0092327) has 219 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. This system serves 50 people using Groundwater sources.
How many people does Greenwood Garden Apartments serve? ▼
Greenwood Garden Apartments serves 50 people in Bangor, Maine. It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 20 service connections.
What type of violations does Greenwood Garden Apartments have? ▼
Greenwood Garden Apartments has 219 total violations: 19 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 185 monitoring/reporting violations, and 7 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.
Has PFAS been detected in Greenwood Garden Apartments water? ▼
No PFAS testing data is available for Greenwood Garden Apartments under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
What water source does Greenwood Garden Apartments use? ▼
Greenwood Garden 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.