Public water system record
Winthrop Utilities District
Serves Winthrop, Kennebec County, ME · 2,750 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Winthrop Utilities 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
- 6
Key facts
- Winthrop Utilities District draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Maine, May 2001.
- Record on file since 1998, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 30 unknown out of 1,093 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1998
EPA's records for Winthrop Utilities District go back to 1998. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (9 resolved) and no monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 0 |
| 2000s | 7 | 0 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 4 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began January 2006, Resolved.
Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 8, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1998 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Maine regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Winthrop Utilities District in 2001. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in May 2001.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2001 | Maine | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Winthrop Utilities District draws water from 1 surface water intake. 1 other community water system buys water from Winthrop Utilities District.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Monmouth Water Association Winthrop, ME
Annual water quality report
Winthrop Utilities 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