What's in HOULTON WATER COMPANY's water?
HOULTON WATER COMPANY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,735 people through 1,894 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, HOULTON WATER COMPANY ranks 8,235th by violation burden (36th percentile) - 10 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the ME average
HOULTON WATER COMPANY's 1 health-based violations sit within the ME average of 6.0, across 63 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
HOULTON WATER COMPANY's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2004-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
The concern categories on record
HOULTON 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
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 HOULTON WATER COMPANY's record does not cover
This is what HOULTON WATER COMPANY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and HOULTON WATER COMPANY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,235th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.