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Community Water System · PWS NH1381010

Littleton Water and Light

Operator location Littleton, New Hampshire - 31% of 183 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 6,500 served per SDWIS.

6,500
People served (this PWS)
183
EPA violations (this PWS)
56
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Littleton Water and Light standing, high SDWIS violation third

31% of 183 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 31% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #6,452 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Littleton Water and Light sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (183), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (6,500; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 31% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#6,452 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#28 of 284
Population · NH
183
Total EPA violations on record
31%
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
1,900
County
Grafton
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
26
Monitoring Violations
121
Treatment Tech Violations
30

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 30 1998
Coliform (TCR) MCL 22 2002
Nitrate MR 8 1994
Coliform (TCR) MR 5 2011
TTHM MCL 4 2006
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 4 1994
Carbon tetrachloride MR 4 1994
Trichloroethylene MR 4 1994
Benzene MR 4 1994
Toluene MR 4 1994
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 4 1994
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 1994
Xylenes, Total MR 4 1994
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 1994
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 4 1994
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 4 1994
CHLOROBENZENE MR 4 1994
Ethylbenzene MR 4 1994
Styrene MR 4 1994
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 1994
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 4 1994
Vinyl chloride MR 4 1994
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 1994
Tetrachloroethylene MR 4 1994
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 4 1994
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 4 1994
Barium MR 2 1994
Cadmium MR 2 1994
Chromium MR 2 1994
CYANIDE MR 2 1994

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Littleton Water and Light has 183 recorded EPA violations, 84% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 16% carry more. 31% of this system's own violations are health-based (56 of 183), and it ranks #6,452 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)

183 Higher than most more violations than 84% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 87 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFHpS 9/16/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/16/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 9/16/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/16/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 9/16/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/16/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/16/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/16/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/16/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 9/16/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/16/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/16/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/16/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/16/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/16/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/16/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/16/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/16/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/16/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/16/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/16/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/16/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/16/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/16/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/16/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/16/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/16/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/16/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/16/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 6/9/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 6/9/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 6/9/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 6/9/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 6/9/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 6/9/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 6/9/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 6/9/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 6/9/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 6/9/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 6/9/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 6/9/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 6/9/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 6/9/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 6/9/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 6/9/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 6/9/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 6/9/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 6/9/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 6/9/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 6/9/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Littleton Water and Light

56 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NH1381010.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

183 violations · 6,500 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Littleton Water and Light

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater