Community Water System · PWSID NH2301010

N Swanzey Water and Fire Prct

Serves 1,400 peopleSurface Water PurchasedOwner: Local GovernmentN Swanzey, New Hampshire
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On record since 2009: 2 violations. 1 missed or late test · 1 notice or report. Most recent began 2009-12-14.

None of them is a measurement of contaminated water.

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

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

More violations on record than 35% 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

20052009 · Missed or late test: 12009 · Notice or report: 12010201520202025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
50% missed or late test · 150% 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. 2009-12-14Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  2. 2009-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance

System details

Population served1,400
Service connections434
Water sourceSurface Water Purchased
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityN Swanzey
EPA ZIP on file03431

Areas served

  • Swanzey, Cheshire County

Reading this record

N Swanzey Water and Fire Prct is a community water system that draws from surface water purchased and serves about 1,400 people in N Swanzey, 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.