Is ANSON AND MADISON WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
ANSON AND MADISON WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,568, over 2,227 connections.
How this compares nationally
51 total violations and 34 health-based ones put ANSON AND MADISON WATER DISTRICT at the 96th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 486 of 12,903.
How ANSON AND MADISON WATER DISTRICT compares within ME
ANSON AND MADISON WATER DISTRICT's 34 health-based violations sit above the ME average of 6.0, across 63 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ANSON AND MADISON WATER DISTRICT is from 2026-06-12 (health-based: 2014-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ANSON AND MADISON WATER DISTRICT's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what ANSON AND MADISON WATER DISTRICT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 51 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.