Is PETERBOROUGH WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
PETERBOROUGH WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,500, over 1,840 connections.
How this compares nationally
47 total violations and 12 health-based ones put PETERBOROUGH WATER WORKS at the 88th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,573 of 12,903.
Against the NH average
NH's 62 covered systems average 8.6 health-based violations each; PETERBOROUGH WATER WORKS carries 12, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
PETERBOROUGH WATER WORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2012-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
The concern categories on record
PETERBOROUGH 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:
- 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 PETERBOROUGH WATER WORKS's record does not cover
Everything on this page is PETERBOROUGH WATER WORKS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and PETERBOROUGH WATER WORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,573th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.