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Is Corinna, ME tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Corinna, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Corinna has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Maple Ridge Mobile Home Park.

Corinna Water District, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.4 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Corinna’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Corinna Water District’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Corinna

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Maine certifies.

The 3 labs Maine certifies closest to Corinna, 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

ZIP codes in Corinna

Which ZIP codes are in Corinna: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Maine CDC Drinking Water Program, all accredited laboratories and in-state commercial drinking water labs; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Corinna

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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