What's in AUBURN WATER DISTRICT's water?
AUBURN WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 17,245 people get their water from it, across 6,898 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
AUBURN WATER DISTRICT has 12 violations on record in total, 8 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,495th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 81th percentile nationally.
How AUBURN WATER DISTRICT compares within ME
ME's 63 covered systems average 6.0 health-based violations each; AUBURN WATER DISTRICT carries 8, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for AUBURN WATER DISTRICT is from 2019-05-09 (health-based: 2007-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
AUBURN 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what AUBURN 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. This record - 8 health-based violations on file for AUBURN WATER DISTRICT - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.