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Homestead Estates LLC

Serves an area of Penobscot County, ME · 125 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 24 monitoring/reporting issues for Homestead Estates LLC in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation.

  • ME0095640
  • HERMON
  • ME
  • 125 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 04401
EPA system ID ME0095640

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
24

Key facts

  • Homestead Estates LLC draws water from 1 well.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Maine, September 2016.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 50 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique failure
 110 Mar 13, 2023 Resolved No
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique failure
 110 Jul 15, 2018 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 19, 2025 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 19, 2025 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 14, 2025 Active
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2024 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Dec 1, 2022 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 10, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Dec 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlordane
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Toxaphene
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2018 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 29, 2018 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Dec 1, 2016 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 15, 2015 Resolved
Endothall
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2015 Resolved
Diquat
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2015 Resolved

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Homestead Estates LLC go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 25 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 11
2000s 2 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 10
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 8
2020s 1 13

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 2005, Resolved.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2005 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Maine regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Homestead Estates LLC in 2016. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in September 2016.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 12, 2016 Maine Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: E. coli, Total Coliform

What the violations mean

Revised Total Coliform Rule

2 incidents

The system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule

Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system

Where the water comes from

Homestead Estates LLC draws water from 1 well.

Annual water quality report

Homestead Estates LLC 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Homestead Estates LLC for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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