LINCOLN WATER WORKS: EPA violation history, explained

LINCOLN WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,300 people get their water from it, across 2,000 connections.

LINCOLN WATER WORKS's record against the rest of the country

17 total violations and 14 health-based ones put LINCOLN WATER WORKS at the 89th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,403 of 12,903.

How LINCOLN WATER WORKS compares within NH

NH's 62 covered systems average 8.6 health-based violations each; LINCOLN WATER WORKS carries 14, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for LINCOLN WATER WORKS is from 2023-01-01 (health-based: 2019-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

LINCOLN WATER WORKS'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)
• Other regulated metals - flagged from: Beryllium, Total
• 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

This is what LINCOLN WATER WORKS 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. This record - 14 health-based violations on file for LINCOLN WATER WORKS - 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.