What's in SANFORD WATER DISTRICT's water?
SANFORD WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 14,328, over 5,733 connections.
SANFORD WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
SANFORD WATER DISTRICT has 11 violations on record in total, 8 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,503th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 81th percentile nationally.
How SANFORD WATER DISTRICT compares within ME
SANFORD WATER DISTRICT's 8 health-based violations sit above the ME average of 6.0, across 63 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for SANFORD WATER DISTRICT is from 2014-01-01 (health-based: 2007-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SANFORD 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: 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
SANFORD WATER DISTRICT'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 - 8 health-based violations on file for SANFORD WATER DISTRICT - 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.