Community Water System · PWSID NH0882210

Gilford Meadows

Serves 75 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateGilford, New Hampshire
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On record since 1994: 3 violations. 2 treatment lapses · 1 notice or report. Most recent began 2012-12-22.

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

0Over the limit
2Treatment lapse
0Missed or late test
1Notice or report

More violations on record than 48% of active water systems in New Hampshire. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

1994 · Treatment lapse: 11995200020052009 · Notice or report: 120102012 · Treatment lapse: 1201520202025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
67% treatment lapse · 233% notice or report · 1

Across New Hampshire, 37% of violations are missed or late tests and 7% are water over a limit.

Every violation on record

  1. 2012-12-22Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  2. 2009-10-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  3. 1994-01-01Lead and Copper RuleOCCT/SOWT Study/RecommendationBack in compliance

System details

Population served75
Service connections40
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityGilford
EPA ZIP on file03249

Areas served

  • Gilford, Belknap County

Reading this record

Gilford Meadows is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 75 people in Gilford, New Hampshire. 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.