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Three Rivers M H Community

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
63 people
Connections
25
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Brownville, ME
County
Piscataquis
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

04414

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the legal limit. 6 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic, nitrate and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): 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 May 7, 2012 to March 12, 2018. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the legal limit1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the legal limit

10.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023

Averaged by year, the highest was 10.5 ppb, in 2023, which EPA rounds to 10 ppb to compare: at its legal limit of 10 ppb, not above it. That was also the latest year on file. EPA judges this limit at each sampling point, and recorded violations for arsenic at this utility in 2024 and 2025. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 10.8 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Above the health goal1

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2018

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.2 ppb, in 2018: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits2

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.22ppm

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2018

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.22 ppm, in 2018, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2018

2018: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.0 ppb, in 2012, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2018, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

What handles it

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Lead
  • Nitrate
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

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 53

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Uranium

    For: Arsenic, Uranium

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2025 to March 31, 20250.011 MG/LResolved
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 20240.011 MG/LResolved
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 20240.011 MG/LResolved
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2024 to June 30, 20240.011 MG/LResolved
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2024 to March 31, 20240.011 MG/LResolved
Revised Total Coliform RuleColiform or E. coli results required a detailed review of the system, and it or its fixes were not done on time.EPA: Treatment Technique, Level 2 Assessment (RTCR)Nov. 23, 2023—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 5 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, nitrate and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) 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. Three Rivers M H Community’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 May 7, 2012 to March 12, 2018.

Testing your own tap

Three Rivers M H Community’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Maine certifies.

The 3 labs Maine certifies closest to the area Three Rivers M H Community serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

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 Maine

Sources

PWSID ME0008251. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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