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Water system · PWSID ME0090110

BANGOR WATER DISTRICT

100
Excellent
PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

ME0090110

State

Maine

City

BANGOR

Population served

27,298

Primary source

Surface water

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

2

Violations on record

0

Unaddressed

0

Health-based

7

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement May 2025. Official EPA record →

Other · EPA contaminant 7000 began Jul 2024 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · Lead & Copper Rule began Dec 2016 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

  • State action · SIF May 2025
  • State action · SFJ Feb 2025
  • State action · SIE Feb 2025
  • State action · SOX Sep 2024
  • State action · SOX Mar 2017
  • State action · SFJ Mar 2017
  • State action · SFK Mar 1993

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

2 stations · latest Jul 2021

0.33 · max 0.59 mg/L · 2

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 ME0090110 — 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.