DrinkingWaterCheck

Is BANGOR WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?

BANGOR 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: 27,298, over 10,919 connections.

How this compares nationally

BANGOR WATER DISTRICT has 5 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,672th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 33th percentile nationally.

How BANGOR WATER DISTRICT compares within ME

BANGOR WATER DISTRICT's 1 health-based violations sit within the ME average of 6.0, across 63 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for BANGOR WATER DISTRICT is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 1984-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

BANGOR 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:

The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

This is what BANGOR 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 - 1 health-based violation on file for BANGOR 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.