Is ELLSWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
ELLSWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,910 people get their water from it, across 1,564 connections.
ELLSWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
ELLSWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT has 27 violations on record in total, 14 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,368th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 89th percentile nationally.
Against the ME average
Among the 63 ME systems in this dataset, the average is 6.0 health-based violations - ELLSWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT's 14 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
ELLSWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
The concern categories on record
ELLSWORTH 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); 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 ELLSWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
This is what ELLSWORTH 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. Between the utility's meter and ELLSWORTH WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,368th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.