MADAWASKA WATER DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained
MADAWASKA WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,738 people get their water from it, across 1,095 connections.
MADAWASKA WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
MADAWASKA WATER DISTRICT has 10 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,864th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 78th percentile nationally.
Against the ME average
ME's 63 covered systems average 6.0 health-based violations each; MADAWASKA WATER DISTRICT carries 7, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
MADAWASKA WATER DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2019-01-05, with the most recent health-based one dated 2008-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
The concern categories on record
MADAWASKA WATER 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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 MADAWASKA WATER DISTRICT's record does not cover
This is what MADAWASKA WATER DISTRICT 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 MADAWASKA WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,864th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.