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Is Epping, NH tap water safe?

7 utilities serve Epping, 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.

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The short answer

2 of the 7 utilities serving Epping have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Governors Green and Evans Trailer Park.

Epping Water and Sewer Dept, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 5.7 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Epping’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 Epping Water and Sewer Dept’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 Epping

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

  • Seacoast Analytical Services LLC

    Lee, NH · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (603) 868-1457

  • Eurofins Portsmouth

    Portsmouth, NH · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (603) 436-2001

  • Eurofins Derry

    Derry, NH · about 15 miles

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

    (603) 432-3044

All 63 certified labs for New Hampshire

ZIP codes in Epping

Which ZIP codes are in Epping: 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 Epping

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