What's in GREAT SALT BAY SANITARY DISTRICT's water?
GREAT SALT BAY SANITARY DISTRICT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 2,143 people get their water from it, across 857 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, GREAT SALT BAY SANITARY DISTRICT ranks 643th by violation burden (95th percentile) - 71 violations total, 27 health-baseds.
How GREAT SALT BAY SANITARY DISTRICT compares within ME
ME's 63 covered systems average 6.0 health-based violations each; GREAT SALT BAY SANITARY DISTRICT carries 27, more than typical for the state. 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 GREAT SALT BAY SANITARY DISTRICT is from 2023-01-04 (health-based: 2022-09-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GREAT SALT BAY SANITARY 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
GREAT SALT BAY SANITARY DISTRICT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and GREAT SALT BAY SANITARY DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 643th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.