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Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill

At a glance

Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill (PWSID ME0194369) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Oxford County, Maine. It reports serving 40 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDME0194369

System typeNon-transient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served40

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyME state drinking water program

City servedBethel

StateMaine

ZIP—

CountyOxford County

How does Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill compare with other water systems in Oxford County?

By EPA's size categories, Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Oxford County has 133 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 306 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 40,635 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Maine, the 1,862 active systems average 503 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill is well below that figure.

What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Maine has 385 active non-transient non-community water systems, 21% of the state's 1,862 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,780 Maine systems (96%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill?

EPA lists Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill as privately owned. The ME state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 113 of the 133 active systems in Oxford County (85%) are also privately owned.

Does Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. The violations listed here began between July 2013 and July 2025. By type: 4 monitoring, 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 2 required treatment not met, 2 monitoring and reporting and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (7 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-06-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2025-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2024-02-02	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Level 2 Assessment (RTCR) · code 2B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2023-12-07	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Level 2 Assessment (RTCR) · code 2B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2023-11-08	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2023-10-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, E. coli (RTCR) · code 1A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2019-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-12-30	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2016-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2013-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

All 11 violations in EPA's records, newest first. Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill: frequently asked questions

Who runs Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill?

Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill (PWSID ME0194369) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the ME state drinking water program.

How many people does Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill serve?

Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill reports serving 40 people through 1 service connection in Oxford County, Maine.

Where does Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the ME state drinking water program.

Where can I find Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill is a non-transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Oxford County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Rumford Water District	Oxford	4,050	Community	Groundwater
Paris Utility District	Oxford	2,940	Community	Groundwater
Mexico Water District	Oxford	2,425	Community	Groundwater
Fryeburg Water Company	Oxford	2,085	Community	Groundwater
Norway Water District	Oxford	2,000	Community	Groundwater
Bethel Water District	Oxford	1,813	Community	Groundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Hancock Lumber-Bethel Planer Mill, PWSID ME0194369, Maine”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/maine/hancock-lumber-bethel-planer-mill-me0194369 (data as of October 1, 2026).