MILFORD WATER UTILITIES DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
MILFORD WATER UTILITIES DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 9,500 people through 3,459 service connections.
How this compares nationally
MILFORD WATER UTILITIES DEPT has 40 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,636th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 80th percentile nationally.
How MILFORD WATER UTILITIES DEPT compares within NH
MILFORD WATER UTILITIES DEPT's 7 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 MILFORD WATER UTILITIES DEPT is from 2024-01-01 (health-based: 2014-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MILFORD WATER UTILITIES 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)
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
MILFORD WATER UTILITIES DEPT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 7 health-based violations on file for MILFORD WATER UTILITIES 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.