Is SOUTHWEST HARBOR WATER & SEWER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
SOUTHWEST HARBOR WATER & SEWER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,480 people get their water from it, across 992 connections.
SOUTHWEST HARBOR WATER & SEWER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SOUTHWEST HARBOR WATER & SEWER DISTRICT ranks 194th by violation burden (99th percentile) - 94 violations total, 60 health-baseds.
Against the ME average
ME's 63 covered systems average 6.0 health-based violations each; SOUTHWEST HARBOR WATER & SEWER DISTRICT carries 60, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SOUTHWEST HARBOR WATER & SEWER DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-07-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2020-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
The concern categories on record
SOUTHWEST HARBOR WATER & SEWER 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; 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 SOUTHWEST HARBOR WATER & SEWER DISTRICT's record does not cover
SOUTHWEST HARBOR WATER & SEWER 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 - 60 health-based violations on file for SOUTHWEST HARBOR WATER & SEWER 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.