Poland Place Condo Association
What EPA’s and CDC’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.
- Serves
- 35 people
- Connections
- 14
- Water source
- Groundwater
- Based in
- Poland, ME
- County
- Androscoggin
- Owner
- Private
The short answer
1 result is above the limit’s level with no violation recorded. The worst: Uranium, above the limit’s level, no violation. No health-based violations on file since 2016.
What handles itWhat was found
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic and nitrate: Maine’s yearly averages per water system, as CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network publishes them, 2020 to 2023, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.
Uranium, fluoride and chromium (total): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from July 30, 2015 to Oct. 13, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.
Above the limit’s level, no violation recorded1
Uranium
Comes from the source
84.9ppb
Highest yearly average, 2015 to 2019
2019: not found
Averaged by year, the highest was 84.9 ppb, in 2015, about 2.8 times EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb. Its highest single sample was 142 ppb. In 2019, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its four samples. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for uranium at this utility from 2012 to 2019. Results like these with no violation often include water sampled before treatment or blending; the utility’s annual report says what reaches the tap.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Uranium”
Below EPA’s limits4
Fluoride
Forms or is added in treatment
0.61ppm
Highest yearly average, 2015 to 2018
Averaged by year, the highest was 0.61 ppm, in 2018, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Fluoride Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Fluoride”
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Forms or is added in treatment
5.3ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023
2023 average: 0.83 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 5.3 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2023, the latest year on file, it averaged 0.83 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.5 ppb, in 2018.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Forms or is added in treatment
2.2ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023
2023: not found
Averaged by year, the highest was 2.2 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2023, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 28 ppb, in 2016.
What handles it
No certification claim covers this compound yet.
Chromium (total)
Comes from the source
1.5ppb
Highest yearly average, 2015 to 2018
Averaged by year, the highest was 1.5 ppb, in 2018, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. That was also the latest year on file.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Chromium (Hexavalent) Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Chromium Reduction”
3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
- Arsenic
- Lead
- Nitrate
What handles it
A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”
- NSF/ANSI 58
Claim: Uranium
For: Uranium
At the tap, or for the whole house?
These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.
Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing
None of the filters TapBuff has checked so far carry these claims. Search the certifier listings for the claim above.
Compare five-year costsViolations since 2016
No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 3 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.
What this report can’t tell you
Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic and nitrate results here are Maine’s yearly averages as CDC publishes them, from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Uranium, fluoride and chromium (total) come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Poland Place Condo Association’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and the contaminants this page does not show.
Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.
What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.
Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; CDC’s yearly averages for Maine cover 2020 to 2023; EPA’s compliance samples are from July 30, 2015 to Oct. 13, 2019.
Testing your own tap
No lab Maine certifies is within 75 miles of the area Poland Place Condo Association serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.
Maine Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory: Well water test kits ordered online, from a bacteria-only test to full panels for new wells and home sales. The lab must receive the sample within 30 hours of collection. The basic safety test is $42, bacteria alone $27, first-draw lead $32, and the fuller well tests $127 to $147. Maine Private Well and Radiological Water and Air Test.
All 53 certified labs for MaineSources
- EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, file of Oct. 15, 2026
- EPA SDWA bulk download (SDWIS federal data), 2026 Q3
- CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, yearly averages Maine supplied to CDC, 2020 to 2023, read Oct. 8, 2026. TapBuff’s comparisons with EPA’s limits are its own, not CDC’s or Maine’s.
- EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, file of Feb. 5, 2024
- Limits and goals: each contaminant’s page, with its EPA source.
- How this page is built: methodology.
PWSID ME0092583. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.
What to do next
- Read up on UraniumWhat each one does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Uranium
- Get the utility’s own reportPoland Place Condo Association must send you a water quality report every year. It covers contaminants this page does not show, and has newer results than EPA’s national file for the ones here that come from it.How to read it
- Test your own tap for leadYour service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.Lead in your water: what to do
- Compare certified filtersWhat the filters certified for these results cost over five years, cartridges included.Compare five-year costs