Public water system record
Gardiner Water District
Serves Gardiner, Randolph and Farmingdale, Kennebec County, ME · 9,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 17 monitoring/reporting issues for Gardiner Water District 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
- 17
Key facts
- Gardiner Water District draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Maine, April 1999.
- Record on file since 1992, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,208 unknown out of 3,176 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
|
Oct 1, 2025 | Active |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Mar 11, 2023 | Active |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jun 7, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 29, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Gardiner Water District go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0 | 11 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began April 1998, Resolved.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1996 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Maine regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Gardiner Water District between 1998 and 1999. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in April 1999.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 1999 | Maine | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jul 15, 1998 | Maine | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Gardiner Water District draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Hallowell Water District. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Gardiner Water District.
Buys water from
- Hallowell Water District Hallowell, ME
Annual water quality report
Gardiner 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.
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