FRYEBURG WATER COMPANY: EPA violation history, explained
FRYEBURG WATER COMPANY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,085, over 834 connections.
How this compares nationally
9 total violations and 3 health-based ones put FRYEBURG WATER COMPANY at the 59th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,351 of 12,903.
How FRYEBURG WATER COMPANY compares within ME
FRYEBURG WATER COMPANY's 3 health-based violations sit within the ME average of 6.0, across 63 systems statewide. 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 FRYEBURG WATER COMPANY is from 2010-01-01 (health-based: 1998-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FRYEBURG WATER COMPANY'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Fluoride
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
Everything on this page is FRYEBURG WATER COMPANY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and FRYEBURG WATER COMPANY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,351th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.