Community Water System · PWS NH0801010
Exeter Water Dept
Operator location Exeter, New Hampshire - 66% of 268 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 12,236 served per SDWIS.
- 12,236
- People served (this PWS)
- 268
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 178
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 7 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Exeter Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
66% of 268 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 66% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #4,057 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Exeter Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (268), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (12,236; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 66% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #4,057 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #16 of 284
- Population · NH
- 268
- Total EPA violations on record
- 66%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
7 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 3,515
- County
- Rockingham
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 158
- Monitoring Violations
- 89
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 20
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 129 | 2019 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 20 | 2006 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 17 | 1997 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 12 | 2006 |
| Arsenic | MCL | 12 | 2012 |
| Endrin | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Simazine | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Picloram | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Atrazine | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| LASSO | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Chlordane | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 3 | 1995 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Exeter Water Dept has 268 recorded EPA violations, 89% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 11% carry more. 66% of this system's own violations are health-based (178 of 268), and it ranks #4,057 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)
268 Higher than most more violations than 89% 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. 13 of 174 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFMBA | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/6/2024 | 3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOS | 9/6/2024 | 4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 9/6/2024 | 5.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/6/2024 | 3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/6/2024 | 4.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/6/2024 | 6.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/6/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/6/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/6/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/14/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/14/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/14/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/14/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/14/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/14/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/14/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/14/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/14/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/14/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/14/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/14/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/14/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/14/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/14/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/14/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/14/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/14/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/14/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/14/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/14/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/14/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/14/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/14/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/14/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Exeter Water Dept
178 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NH0801010.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
268 violations · 12,236 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.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Exeter Water Dept
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.