Public water system record
Dixfield Water & Sewer Dept
Serves Dixfield, Oxford County, ME · 1,415 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Dixfield Water & Sewer Dept in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 3
Key facts
- Dixfield Water & Sewer Dept draws water from 2 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Maine, March 2001.
- Record on file since 1991, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 632 unknown out of 632 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Dixfield Water & Sewer Dept go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (8 resolved) and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7 | 6 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began July 2004, Resolved.
Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1991 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1991 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Maine regulators and EPA took 3 formal enforcement actions against Dixfield Water & Sewer Dept and issued 1 boil water order between 1991 and 2001. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2001.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2001 | Maine | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
| Mar 31, 1997 | EPA | Penalty complaint settled by consent order or decree | 10 violations (4 health-based): Thallium, Total, Beryllium, Total, Total Coliform, Surface Water Treatment Rule, Nickel |
| Dec 1, 1994 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Oct 21, 1991 | Maine | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Dixfield Water & Sewer Dept draws water from 2 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Dixfield Water & Sewer Dept 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.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
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