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Is Contoocook, NH tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Contoocook, 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

2 of the 2 utilities serving Contoocook have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Contoocook Village Pct and Hopkinton Village Pct.

Contoocook Village Pct, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the legal limit, 1 result above the action level and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 37 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 Contoocook’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 Contoocook Village Pct’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Contoocook

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 Contoocook, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • New Hampshire DHHS Public Health Laboratories

    Concord, NH · about 7 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 8 miles

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

    (603) 228-0525

  • Nelson Analytical LLC

    Manchester, NH · about 22 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

ZIP codes in Contoocook

Which ZIP codes are in Contoocook: 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.

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