GARDINER WATER DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained
GARDINER WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 9,000 people through 3,600 service connections.
GARDINER WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
21 total violations and 3 health-based ones put GARDINER WATER DISTRICT at the 61th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,019 of 12,903.
Against the ME average
ME's 63 covered systems average 6.0 health-based violations each; GARDINER WATER DISTRICT carries 3, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
GARDINER WATER DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-11-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 1998-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
The concern categories on record
GARDINER 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 GARDINER WATER DISTRICT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is GARDINER WATER DISTRICT'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 GARDINER WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,019th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.