Is HAMPSTEAD AREA WATER's water safe to drink?
HAMPSTEAD AREA WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 7,153 people get their water from it, across 2,824 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
43 total violations and 10 health-based ones put HAMPSTEAD AREA WATER at the 85th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,921 of 12,903.
Against the NH average
NH's 62 covered systems average 8.6 health-based violations each; HAMPSTEAD AREA WATER carries 10, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
HAMPSTEAD AREA WATER's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2020-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
The concern categories on record
HAMPSTEAD AREA WATER'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); Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What HAMPSTEAD AREA WATER's record does not cover
HAMPSTEAD AREA WATER'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 HAMPSTEAD AREA WATER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,921th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.