GREATER AUGUSTA UTILITY DISTRICT

AUGUSTA, ME · ~13,750 people served

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100

Excellent

PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

ME0090080

State

Maine

City

AUGUSTA

Population served

13,750

Primary source

Groundwater

Score history

No change since tracking began Jun 18, 2026.

Jun 18, 2026 · score 100 Jun 18, 2026 · score 100

2 score updates logged since tracking began Jun 18, 2026. Each future EPA re-score adds a point.

PFAS & contaminant readings

No PFAS detections are on record for this system from EPA’s UCMR5 monitoring (2023–25). Absence of a detection isn’t a guarantee — not every system was sampled, and this dataset doesn’t cover other contaminants.

Violations & enforcement

Violations on record

Unaddressed

Health-based

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement Dec 2024. Official EPA record →

Other · EPA contaminant 7000 began Jul 2023 Resolved

Other · EPA contaminant 7000 began Oct 2009 Resolved

Treatment technique · Lead & Copper Rule health-based began Jan 1997 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

State action · SIF Dec 2024
State action · SOX Feb 2024
State action · SFJ Feb 2024
State action · SFH Jul 2011
State action · SFH Jun 2011
State action · SIF Dec 2009
State action · SOX Dec 2009
State action · SFJ Nov 2009

Area water-quality monitoring

Environmental monitoring (rivers, wells, intakes) recorded in this system’s service area in the EPA/USGS Water Quality Portal since 2018 — source/ambient water, not finished tap water. Context for the watershed, not a reading from your tap.

ContaminantMedian · max · samples

Nitrate

6 stations · latest Jul 2022

0.175 · max 0.5 mg/L · 6

Source: Water Quality Portal (EPA/USGS/state agencies). Values are as-reported and aren’t health thresholds.

This profile is built from EPA public records for system ME0090080 — SDWIS violations and UCMR5 PFAS sampling. The score is system-level and can’t account for your home’s plumbing (older pipes can add lead at the tap). For health decisions, check your exact address, read the utility’s Consumer Confidence Report, and confirm with your provider.