Is WINTHROP UTILITIES DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
WINTHROP UTILITIES DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,750 people through 1,100 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, WINTHROP UTILITIES DISTRICT ranks 2,236th by violation burden (83th percentile) - 15 violations total, 9 health-baseds.
Against the ME average
Among the 63 ME systems in this dataset, the average is 6.0 health-based violations - WINTHROP UTILITIES DISTRICT's 9 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
WINTHROP UTILITIES DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
The concern categories on record
WINTHROP UTILITIES 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What WINTHROP UTILITIES DISTRICT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is WINTHROP UTILITIES DISTRICT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 9 health-based violations on file for WINTHROP UTILITIES 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.