Franklin Water Works

Water Quality Snapshot: Franklin Water Works

Franklin Water Works is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 7,000 residents in Franklin, New Hampshire (Merrimack County) through 2,422 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 367 total violations for this system , of which 7 (2%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 353 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2014.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Xylenes, Total, recorded in 10 violations (MR). This system was sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program and no PFAS compounds were detected above the minimum reporting level.

Across New Hampshire, EPA tracks 2,453 public water systems serving 1,242,123 people, with 155,970 cumulative violations and 29,649 health-based violations on record. About 90% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 63.6 violations. Statewide, 23 of 51 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (45.1%).

Franklin Water Works's 367 violations sit above the New Hampshire average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.