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Is Belmont, NH tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Belmont, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

6 of the 15 utilities serving Belmont have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Belmont Water Dept, Pine Gardens MHP, Abenaki Water /Lakeland and 3 more.

Belmont Water Dept, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the action level. The worst: Lead at 85 ppb, above the action level.

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 Belmont’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Belmont

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Belmont than those above.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Belmont Water Dept’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 Belmont

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 New Hampshire certifies.

The 3 labs New Hampshire certifies closest to Belmont, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Laconia Water Works Laboratory

    Lakeport, NH · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (603) 524-1096

  • New Hampshire DHHS Public Health Laboratories

    Concord, NH · about 15 miles

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

    (603) 271-3445

  • Eurofins Concord

    Concord, NH · about 17 miles

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

    (603) 228-0525

All 63 certified labs for New Hampshire

ZIP codes in Belmont

Which ZIP codes are in Belmont: 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: New Hampshire ELAP, drinking water labs, as listed in TNI LAMS; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Belmont

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