BREWER WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
BREWER WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 8,860 people get their water from it, across 3,544 connections.
BREWER WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
7 total violations and 4 health-based ones put BREWER WATER DEPARTMENT at the 65th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,506 of 12,903.
How BREWER WATER DEPARTMENT compares within ME
Among the 63 ME systems in this dataset, the average is 6.0 health-based violations - BREWER WATER DEPARTMENT's 4 is at or below that. 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 BREWER WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2008-01-08 (health-based: 2008-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BREWER WATER DEPARTMENT'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 BREWER WATER DEPARTMENT 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 7 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.