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Seabrook Water Dept

Serves an area of Rockingham County, NH that includes Seabrook Beach · 14,000 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Seabrook Water Dept in the last ten years.

  • NH2111010
  • SEABROOK
  • NH
  • 14,000 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 03874
EPA system ID NH2111010

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Seabrook Water Dept draws water from 12 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by New Hampshire, October 2009.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 29 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.

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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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Jan 10, 2025 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Dec 1, 2024 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Aug 14, 2021 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Seabrook Water Dept go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 29 health-based violations (29 resolved) and 189 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 12 189
2000s 11 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 6 0
2020s 0 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 2011, Resolved.

Show all 29 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2011 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.02 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2011 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.02 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2010 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.02 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2010 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.019 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2010 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.018 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2010 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.017 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2009 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.029 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (2.9 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2009 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.03 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2009 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.03 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2009 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.032 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (3.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2008 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.022 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (2.2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2008 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.024 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (2.4 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2008 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.025 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (2.5 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2008 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.025 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (2.5 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2007 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.023 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (2.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2007 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.017 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1997 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1997 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1996 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1996 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 1996 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1995 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 1994 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1993 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1993 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 1992 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1992 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1991 Resolved

Enforcement actions

New Hampshire regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Seabrook Water Dept between 1997 and 2009, filed as 6 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2009.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 13, 2009 New Hampshire Compliance order (no penalty) 14 violations (14 health-based): Arsenic
Dec 16, 1997 New Hampshire Compliance order (no penalty) 12 violations (12 health-based): Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Seabrook Water Dept draws water from 12 wells. 1 other community water system buys water from Seabrook Water Dept.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Seabrook Water 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.

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

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