Peterborough, NH · EPA ID NH1871010
Is Peterborough Water Works water safe?
👥4,500people served
⚠️0health-based violations since 2016
📋30total violations, all years
💧GWgroundwater (wells)
Quick answer
Peterborough Water Works has no health-based violations since 2016 in EPA records. It serves about 4,500 people in Peterborough, NH using groundwater (wells). Total violations on record (all years, including paperwork): 30. All recorded violations are marked returned to compliance or resolved.
Record status (EPA health-based violations since 2016): ✓Clean record none · •Some issues 1–2, all resolved · !Repeated issues 3 or more · !Unresolved health issue one not yet marked resolved. Paperwork-only violations do not change the status. Details
System facts
| EPA system ID | NH1871010 |
|---|---|
| Population served | 4,500 |
| Service connections | 1,840 |
| Water source | groundwater (wells) |
| Owner type | local government |
| Town / county | Peterborough, Hillsborough County |
Violations since 2016, in plain words
- 23 × Monitoring or reporting missed
- 1 × Monitoring missed
- 1 × Reporting missed
- 1 × Notice or paperwork requirement missed
"Health-based" means a contaminant went over a legal limit or a required treatment step was missed. Monitoring and reporting violations mean a test or report was late or missing; they do not by themselves mean the water was unsafe.
Full violation history
| Began | What | Type | Health-based? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-01 | Total trihalomethanes (TTHM, a disinfection byproduct) | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2024-10-22 |
| 2024-07-01 | Haloacetic acids (HAA5, a disinfection byproduct) | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2024-10-22 |
| 2022-07-01 | Consumer Confidence Report (annual water quality report) | Notice or paperwork requirement missed | No | Resolved 2022-07-13 |
| 2019-04-01 | Revised Total Coliform Rule (bacteria) | Monitoring missed | No | Resolved 2019-06-03 |
| 2019-04-01 | Revised Total Coliform Rule (bacteria) | Reporting missed | No | Resolved 2019-06-03 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2378 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2380 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2955 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2964 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2968 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2969 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2976 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2977 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2979 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2980 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2981 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2982 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2983 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2984 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2985 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2987 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2989 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2990 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2991 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2992 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2017-07-01 | Volatile organic chemical (VOC) testing, code 2996 | Monitoring or reporting missed | No | Resolved 2018-09-17 |
| 2013-09-25 | Public notice rule | Notice or paperwork requirement missed | No | Resolved 2013-10-02 |
| 2012-07-01 | Consumer Confidence Report (annual water quality report) | Notice or paperwork requirement missed | No | Resolved 2012-07-20 |
| 2007-11-25 | Public notice rule | Notice or paperwork requirement missed | No | Resolved 2007-12-13 |
| 2006-10-22 | Public notice rule | Notice or paperwork requirement missed | No | Resolved 2006-11-22 |
What you can do
- Read the system's annual Consumer Confidence Report (water quality report); systems must mail or post it each year. You can also ask Peterborough Water Works for it directly.
- If your home was built before 1986, lead can come from your own pipes and fixtures even when the utility's water is fine. Run the tap 30 seconds to 2 minutes before drinking if water sat for hours, and use cold water for cooking.
- If you want extra protection, choose a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 (lead) or 58 (reverse osmosis); a simple carbon filter certified to NSF/ANSI 42 helps mainly with chlorine taste.
- This system uses wells; NH groundwater can carry naturally occurring arsenic, radon and uranium, which the system must test for.
- On a private well? This system's results do not apply to you. NH DES recommends testing private wells every 3-5 years for a standard analysis.