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Fitzwilliam Village/Prigge

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
43 people
Connections
12
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Fitzwilliam, NH
County
Cheshire
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

03447

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Uranium, above the health goal. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Copper: EPA’s file records a utility’s copper only when it exceeds the action level. The last here was 7.5 ppm, for the period ending Dec. 31, 1993. None since is on file, so it is not counted as a current finding.

Nitrate, arsenic and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): New Hampshire’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, chromium (total) and fluoride: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from July 9, 2015 to Aug. 23, 2018. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal1

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

3.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2015 to 2018

2018, one sample: 0.7 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.7 ppb, in 2015: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2018, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.7 ppb.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits1

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.9ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023

2023 average: 1.3 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.9 ppm, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2023, the latest year on file, it averaged 1.3 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 1.8 ppm, in 2015.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
4 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Fluoride
  • 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.”

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.

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyOct. 1, 2019—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 1 monitoring or reporting violation not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Nitrate, arsenic and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are New Hampshire’s yearly averages as CDC publishes them, from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Uranium, chromium (total) and fluoride come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Fitzwilliam Village/Prigge’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 New Hampshire cover 2020 to 2023; EPA’s compliance samples are from July 9, 2015 to Aug. 23, 2018.

Testing your own tap

Fitzwilliam Village/Prigge’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 New Hampshire certifies.

The 3 labs New Hampshire certifies closest to the area Fitzwilliam Village/Prigge serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Keene City Laboratory

    Swanzey, NH · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (603) 357-9836

  • Nelson Analytical Lab - Keene Division

    Swanzey, NH · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (603) 357-2577

  • Nelson Analytical LLC

    Manchester, NH · about 41 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (603) 622-0200

All 63 certified labs for New Hampshire

Sources

PWSID NH0821010. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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