What's in KEENE WATER DEPT's water?
KEENE WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 30,000, over 6,176 connections.
KEENE WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
22 total violations and 13 health-based ones put KEENE WATER DEPT at the 88th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,485 of 12,903.
How KEENE WATER DEPT compares within NH
NH's 62 covered systems average 8.6 health-based violations each; KEENE WATER DEPT carries 13, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for KEENE WATER DEPT is from 2012-01-11 (health-based: 2012-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
KEENE WATER 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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is KEENE WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 13 health-based violations on file for KEENE WATER DEPT - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.