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Is Tilton Northfield, NH tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Tilton Northfield, 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 Tilton Northfield have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Tilton Northfield Water Dist and Highlands Village District.

Tilton Northfield Water Dist, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the action level. The worst: Lead at 36 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 Tilton Northfield’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 Tilton Northfield Water Dist’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 Tilton Northfield

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 Tilton Northfield, 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 11 miles

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

    (603) 271-3445

  • Laconia Water Works Laboratory

    Lakeport, NH · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (603) 524-1096

  • Eurofins Concord

    Concord, NH · about 13 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 Tilton Northfield

Which ZIP codes are in Tilton Northfield: 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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