What's in GORHAM WATER AND SEWER DEPT's water?
GORHAM WATER AND SEWER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,630 people through 1,052 service connections.
How this compares nationally
39 total violations and 2 health-based ones put GORHAM WATER AND SEWER DEPT at the 54th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,985 of 12,903.
Against the NH average
Among the 62 NH systems in this dataset, the average is 8.6 health-based violations - GORHAM WATER AND SEWER DEPT's 2 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
GORHAM WATER AND SEWER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2008-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1999-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
The concern categories on record
GORHAM WATER AND SEWER DEPT'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
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 GORHAM WATER AND SEWER DEPT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is GORHAM WATER AND SEWER DEPT'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 GORHAM WATER AND SEWER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,985th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.