Is MEREDITH WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
MEREDITH WATER DEPT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 3,750, over 1,216 connections.
How this compares nationally
83 total violations and 5 health-based ones put MEREDITH WATER DEPT at the 74th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,380 of 12,903.
How MEREDITH WATER DEPT compares within NH
MEREDITH WATER DEPT's 5 health-based violations sit within the NH average of 8.6, across 62 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MEREDITH WATER DEPT is from 2023-01-07 (health-based: 2023-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MEREDITH 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
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
This is what MEREDITH WATER DEPT 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 MEREDITH WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,380th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.