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Appleseed Restaurant

At a glance

Appleseed Restaurant (PWSID NH0278110) is an active transient non-community water system in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. It reports serving 75 people through 4 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2022.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNH0278110

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served75

Service connections4

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNH state drinking water program

City servedBradford

StateNew Hampshire

ZIP—

CountyMerrimack County

How does Appleseed Restaurant compare with other water systems in Merrimack County?

By EPA's size categories, Appleseed Restaurant is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Merrimack County has 244 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 509 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 124,152 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across New Hampshire, the 2,450 active systems average 508 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Appleseed Restaurant is about half of that figure.

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

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. New Hampshire has 1,291 active transient non-community water systems, 53% of the state's 2,450 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 2,374 New Hampshire systems (97%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Appleseed Restaurant?

EPA lists Appleseed Restaurant as privately owned. The NH state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 194 of the 244 active systems in Merrimack County (80%) are also privately owned.

Does Appleseed Restaurant have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2022. The violations listed here began between November 2017 and November 2022. By type: 5 reporting, 5 monitoring and 2 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (10 of them). EPA lists 12 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
2022-11-08	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-05-19	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2021-09-09	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-05-01	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-06-10	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-09-08	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2017-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-11-01	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent 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.

Appleseed Restaurant: frequently asked questions

Who runs Appleseed Restaurant?

Appleseed Restaurant (PWSID NH0278110) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NH state drinking water program.

How many people does Appleseed Restaurant serve?

Appleseed Restaurant reports serving 75 people through 4 service connections in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

Where does Appleseed Restaurant 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 Appleseed Restaurant have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2022. 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 Appleseed Restaurant'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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2022. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NH state drinking water program.

Where can I find Appleseed Restaurant's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Appleseed Restaurant is a 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 Merrimack County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Concord Water Dept	Merrimack	44,215	Community	Surface water
Franklin Water Works	Merrimack	7,200	Community	Groundwater
Pembroke Water Works	Merrimack	5,200	Community	Groundwater
Central Hooksett Water Pct	Merrimack	4,650	Community	Purchased surface water
Penacook Boscawen Water Pct	Merrimack	3,800	Community	Groundwater
New London Springfield Water	Merrimack	3,250	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, “Appleseed Restaurant, PWSID NH0278110, New Hampshire”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-hampshire/appleseed-restaurant-nh0278110 (data as of October 1, 2026).