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Is Saco, ME tap water safe?

Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div serves Saco, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div serves Saco. In EPA’s and CDC’s records it has nothing above a health goal, and 1 health-based violation since 2016.

That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

Water testing near Saco

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 Saco, 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 Saco

Which ZIP codes are in Saco: 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 Saco

Other towns in York County with a page of their own.

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