Community Water System · PWS NH1612010
Paradise Shores
Operator location Moultonborough, New Hampshire - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 250 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,060 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,060
- People served (this PWS)
- 250
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 32
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Paradise Shores standing, high SDWIS violation third
250 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #13,333 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Paradise Shores 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 mid-pack at 2,060 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #13,333 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #64 of 284
- Population · NH
- 250
- Total EPA violations on record
- 13%
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 424
- County
- Carroll
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 30
- Monitoring Violations
- 213
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 22 | 2012 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Benzene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Toluene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Styrene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MCL | 8 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 2007 |
| E. COLI | MR | 6 | 2017 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 5 | 2000 |
| Public Notice | Other | 5 | 2012 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 5 | 2000 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 2 | 1994 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Paradise Shores has 250 recorded EPA violations, 88% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 12% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (32 of 250), and it ranks #13,333 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
SDWIS compliance record for Paradise Shores
250 violations on record for NH1612010; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
250 violations · 2,060 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Paradise Shores
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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