Is Enfield, NH tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 5 utilities serving Enfield have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Enfield Water Dept, Lakeview Condos and Lakeside Cooperative.
Enfield Water Dept, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Uranium at 16.2 ppb, above the legal limit.
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 Enfield’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Enfield Water Dept
New Hampshire · serves 1,345 people · under 100 in Enfield
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Uranium at 16.2 ppb, above the legal limit.
7 health-based violations since 2016
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Lakeview Condos
New Hampshire · serves 328 people · under 100 in Enfield
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Lower Shaker Village
New Hampshire · serves 263 people · under 100 in Enfield
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.82 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Wilsons MHP
New Hampshire · serves 30 people · under 100 in Enfield
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 1.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lakeside Cooperative
New Hampshire · serves 136 people · under 100 in Enfield
1 result above the action level. The worst: Lead at 40 ppb, above the action level.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Enfield
The 3 labs New Hampshire certifies closest to Enfield, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Endyne Inc.
Lebanon, NH · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Vermont Agriculture Environmental Laboratory
Randolph, VT · about 31 miles
Certified for bacteria, PFAS
Laconia Water Works Laboratory
Lakeport, NH · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Enfield
Which ZIP codes are in Enfield: 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 Enfield
Other towns in Grafton County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Enfield Water Dept’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About UraniumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Uranium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water