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Community Water System · PWS NH1841010

Ossipee Water Dept

Operator location Center Ossipee, New Hampshire - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 860 people served; 308 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

860
People served (this PWS)
308
EPA violations (this PWS)
5
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Ossipee Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third

860 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #21,638 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Ossipee Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (308), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (860; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#21,638 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#152 of 284
Population · NH
308
Total EPA violations on record
2%
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
344
County
Carroll
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
4
Monitoring Violations
288
Treatment Tech Violations
1

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Nitrate MR 16 1995
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 8 1995
Barium MR 8 1995
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 8 1995
Cadmium MR 8 1995
Xylenes, Total MR 8 1995
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 8 1995
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 8 1995
Vinyl chloride MR 8 1995
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 8 1995
Selenium MR 8 1995
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 8 1995
Antimony, Total MR 8 1995
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 8 1995
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 8 1995
Trichloroethylene MR 8 1995
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 8 1995
Tetrachloroethylene MR 8 1995
CHLOROBENZENE MR 8 1995
Benzene MR 8 1995
Toluene MR 8 1995
Ethylbenzene MR 8 1995
Arsenic MR 8 1995
Chromium MR 8 1995
CYANIDE MR 8 1995
Fluoride MR 8 1995
Nickel MR 8 1995
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 8 1995
Beryllium, Total MR 8 1995
Styrene MR 8 1995

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Ossipee Water Dept has 308 recorded EPA violations, 91% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 9% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 308), and it ranks #21,638 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)

308 Higher than most more violations than 91% 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

Population served record for Ossipee Water Dept

EPA SDWIS lists 860 people served and 344 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

308 violations · 860 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 smaller service footprints

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

4 peers

What to do with Ossipee Water Dept

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