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True North Maine

At a glance

True North Maine (PWSID ME0194605) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Washington County, Maine. It reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2023.

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

PWSIDME0194605

System typeNon-transient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served50

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyME state drinking water program

City servedMachiasport

StateMaine

ZIP—

CountyWashington County

How does True North Maine compare with other water systems in Washington County?

By EPA's size categories, True North Maine is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Washington County has 109 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 205 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 22,334 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 True North Maine 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 True North Maine?

EPA lists True North Maine 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. 71 of the 109 active systems in Washington County (65%) are also privately owned.

Does True North Maine have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2023. The violations listed here began between June 1998 and April 2023. By type: 3 monitoring and reporting, 3 contaminant level above the legal limit, 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Lead and Copper Rule (3 of them). EPA lists 6 as resolved and 2 as archived. 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. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2023-04-08	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2022-10-01	Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2020-12-30	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2019-07-01	Required treatment not metOCCT/SOWT Study/Recommendation · code 57	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	Yes	Resolved
2019-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Arseniccode 1005	Yes	Resolved
2003-11-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
2003-10-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
1998-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

All 8 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.

True North Maine: frequently asked questions

Who runs True North Maine?

True North Maine (PWSID ME0194605) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the ME state drinking water program.

How many people does True North Maine serve?

True North Maine reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection in Washington County, Maine.

Where does True North Maine 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 True North Maine have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2023. 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 True North Maine'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 8 violations for this system; 4 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the ME state drinking water program.

Where can I find True North Maine's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. True North Maine 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 Washington County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Calais Water Dept	Washington	2,775	Community	Groundwater
Passamaquoddy Water District	Washington	2,125	Community	Surface water
Lubec Water District	Washington	1,775	Community	Groundwater
Baileyville Utilities District	Washington	1,688	Community	Groundwater
Machias Water Company	Washington	1,390	Community	Groundwater
Indian Township Tribal Water System	Washington	535	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, “True North Maine, PWSID ME0194605, Maine”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/maine/true-north-maine-me0194605 (data as of October 1, 2026).