Public water system record
Auburn Water District
Serves Auburn, Androscoggin County, ME · 17,245 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Auburn Water District in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 1
Key facts
- Auburn Water District draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Maine, December 2010.
- Record on file since 1997, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 3,373 unknown out of 6,214 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 29, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1997
EPA's records for Auburn Water District go back to 1997. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (8 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 |
| 2000s | 7 | 0 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began August 2007, Resolved.
Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 61.5 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2001 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1997 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Maine regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Auburn Water District and issued 2 boil water orders between 2009 and 2010. The most recent was a boil water order in December 2010.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2010 | Maine | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Nov 18, 2009 | Maine | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| May 13, 2009 | Maine | Signed compliance agreement | 4 violations (4 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Auburn Water District draws water from 1 surface water intake.
Annual water quality report
Auburn Water District must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Maine.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells