Community Water System · PWS NH1521010
Meredith Water Dept
Operator location Meredith, New Hampshire - larger served population (> 3,309) at 3,750 people served; 250 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 3,750
- People served (this PWS)
- 250
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 17
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Meredith Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
3,750 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 7% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #9,234 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Meredith Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (250), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (3,750; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 7% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #9,234 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #41 of 284
- Population · NH
- 250
- Total EPA violations on record
- 7%
- 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
- 1,216
- County
- Belknap
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 217
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 15
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 12 | 2023 |
| Public Notice | Other | 6 | 2022 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Chromium | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Mercury | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Nickel | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Selenium | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Benzene | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Toluene | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Arsenic | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Barium | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Cadmium | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 6 | 1995 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Meredith Water Dept has 250 recorded EPA violations, 88% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 12% carry more. 7% of this system's own violations are health-based (17 of 250), and it ranks #9,234 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)
250 Higher than most more violations than 88% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Meredith Water Dept
EPA SDWIS lists 3,750 people served and 1,216 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
250 violations · 3,750 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 Meredith Water Dept
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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