Question 1

Is Pound Road Water Works water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Pound Road Water Works (PWS ID: NH2512010) has 153 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 53 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Pound Road Water Works serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Pound Road Water Works serves 53 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Wilmot or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 21 service connections. The operator address is listed in Wilmot, New Hampshire.

Question 3

What type of violations does Pound Road Water Works have?

Accepted Answer

Pound Road Water Works has 153 total violations: 4 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 109 monitoring/reporting violations, and 4 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Pound Road Water Works water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Pound Road Water Works under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Pound Road Water Works use?

Accepted Answer

Pound Road Water Works uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

How does Pound Road Water Works's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Pound Road Water Works has 153 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 19% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 81% of that cohort has fewer violations than Pound Road Water Works. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Public Notice	Other	33	2012
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	7	2012
Coliform (TCR)	MR	5	2012
Endrin	MR	4	2011
BHC-GAMMA	MR	4	2011
Toxaphene	MR	4	2011
Glyphosate	MR	4	2011
Simazine	MR	4	2011
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	MR	4	2011
Dinoseb	MR	4	2011
Carbofuran	MR	4	2011
2,4,5-TP	MR	4	2011
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	4	2011
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	4	2011
Pentachlorophenol	MR	4	2011
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	4	2011
Nitrate	MR	4	2011
Groundwater Rule	TT	4	2010
Picloram	MR	4	2011
2,4-D	MR	4	2011
Heptachlor	MR	4	2011
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	4	2011
OXAMYL	MR	4	2011
Atrazine	MR	4	2011
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	4	2011
Chlordane	MR	4	2011
LASSO	MR	4	2011
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	4	2011
Methoxychlor	MR	4	2011
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE	MR	4	2011

Pound Road Water Works

Pound Road Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Pound Road Water Works

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load