What's in BELFAST WATER DISTRICT's water?
BELFAST 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: 5,698, over 2,279 connections.
BELFAST WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
11 total violations and 4 health-based ones put BELFAST WATER DISTRICT at the 66th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,380 of 12,903.
How BELFAST WATER DISTRICT compares within ME
BELFAST WATER DISTRICT's 4 health-based violations sit within 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 BELFAST WATER DISTRICT is from 2017-01-08 (health-based: 1996-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BELFAST 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)
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 BELFAST 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 - 4 health-based violations on file for BELFAST 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.