Transient Non-Community · PWSID ME0007258

Bailey Island Motel

Serves 40 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateBailey Island, Maine
1 open treatment violation.

Open for: Revised Total Coliform Rule. EPA counts treatment-technique violations as health-based: a required protective step was not done. It is not a measurement of contamination.

On record since 2022: 11 violations. 2 over the limit · 4 treatment lapses · 2 missed or late tests · 3 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-08-01.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

2Over the limit
4Treatment lapse1 open
2Missed or late test
3Notice or report

More violations on record than 72% of active water systems in Maine. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

20052010201520202022 · Treatment lapse: 12022 · Missed or late test: 12023 · Over the limit: 22023 · Over the limit: 22023 · Treatment lapse: 22023 · Treatment lapse: 22023 · Notice or report: 32023 · Notice or report: 32023 · Notice or report: 32025 · Treatment lapse: 12025 · Missed or late test: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
18% over the limit · 236% treatment lapse · 418% missed or late test · 227% notice or report · 3

Across Maine, 59% of violations are missed or late tests and 3% are water over a limit.

What you can do

  • Total Coliform Bacteria: If your water system has coliform violations, consider boiling water or using bottled water until the system confirms the issue is resolved. Contact your water provider for their latest test results and any boil-water advisories.

Open now (1)

  1. 2025-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleTTOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-08-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2025-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleTTOpen
  3. 2023-09-17Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  4. 2023-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMCLPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2023-08-26Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  6. 2023-08-26Revised Total Coliform Rule ×2TTBack in compliance
  7. 2023-07-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMCLPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2023-05-31Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  9. 2022-07-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2022-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleTTBack in compliance

System details

Population served40
Service connections1
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeTransient Non-Community
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityBailey Island
EPA ZIP on file04003

Areas served

  • Harpswell, Cumberland County

Reading this record

Bailey Island Motel is a transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 40 people in Bailey Island, Maine. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.