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Is Winchester, NH tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Winchester, 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

1 of the 3 utilities serving Winchester has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Green Valley Mobile Home Park.

Winchester Water Dept, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

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 Winchester’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Winchester

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

  • Keene City Laboratory

    Swanzey, NH · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (603) 357-9836

  • Nelson Analytical Lab - Keene Division

    Swanzey, NH · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (603) 357-2577

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC - East Longmeadow, MA

    East Longmeadow, MA · about 50 miles

    Certified for nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS

    (413) 525-2332

All 63 certified labs for New Hampshire

ZIP codes in Winchester

Which ZIP codes are in Winchester: 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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