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Is North Conway, NH tap water safe?

5 utilities serve North Conway, 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

3 of the 5 utilities serving North Conway have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Birch Hill East, Cedar Creek and Hales Location.

North Conway Water Pct, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 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 North Conway’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 North Conway Water Pct’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 North Conway

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

  • Gorham Wastewater Treatment Facility Laboratory

    Gorham, NH · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (603) 466-3104

  • Laconia Water Works Laboratory

    Lakeport, NH · about 38 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (603) 524-1096

  • Nova Analytic Labs

    Portland, ME · about 48 miles

    Certified for PFAS

    (207) 466-4661

All 63 certified labs for New Hampshire

ZIP codes in North Conway

Which ZIP codes are in North Conway: 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 North Conway

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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