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Is Walpole, NH tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Walpole, 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

None of the 3 utilities serving Walpole has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

Walpole Water Dept, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 1.4 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 Walpole’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Walpole

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

  • Nelson Analytical Lab - Keene Division

    Swanzey, NH · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (603) 357-2577

  • Keene City Laboratory

    Swanzey, NH · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (603) 357-9836

  • Endyne Inc.

    Lebanon, NH · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (603) 678-4891

All 63 certified labs for New Hampshire

ZIP codes in Walpole

Which ZIP codes are in Walpole: 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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