Community Water System · PWS NH0411010
Charlestown Water Works
Operator location Charlestown, New Hampshire - 41% of 37 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,850 served per SDWIS.
- 2,850
- People served (this PWS)
- 37
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 15
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Charlestown Water Works standing, mid SDWIS violation third
41% of 37 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 41% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,001 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Charlestown Water Works lands in the middle third by violation volume (37), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,850 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 41% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,001 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #53 of 284
- Population · NH
- 37
- Total EPA violations on record
- 41%
- 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
- 1,250
- County
- Sullivan
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 15
- Monitoring Violations
- 12
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 15 | 1991 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| TTHM | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2021 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Charlestown Water Works has 37 recorded EPA violations, 48% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 51% carry more. 41% of this system's own violations are health-based (15 of 37), and it ranks #11,001 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)
37 Lower than most fewer violations than 51% 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 Charlestown Water Works
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 NH0411010.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
37 violations · 2,850 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 Charlestown Water Works
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in New Hampshire compares on the same EPA violation measures. New Hampshire systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.