Is TOWN OF BAR HARBOR- WATER DIVISION's water safe to drink?
TOWN OF BAR HARBOR- WATER DIVISION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 4,443 people get their water from it, across 1,777 connections.
How this compares nationally
4 total violations and 2 health-based ones put TOWN OF BAR HARBOR- WATER DIVISION at the 46th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,956 of 12,903.
Against the ME average
Among the 63 ME systems in this dataset, the average is 6.0 health-based violations - TOWN OF BAR HARBOR- WATER DIVISION's 2 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
TOWN OF BAR HARBOR- WATER DIVISION's most recent violation on record is dated 2019-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 1997-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
The concern categories on record
TOWN OF BAR HARBOR- WATER DIVISION'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
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 TOWN OF BAR HARBOR- WATER DIVISION's record does not cover
This is what TOWN OF BAR HARBOR- WATER DIVISION 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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for TOWN OF BAR HARBOR- WATER DIVISION - 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.