Public water system · NH1698060

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Exit 23 Plaza

At a glance

Exit 23 Plaza (PWSID NH1698060) is an active transient non-community water system in Belknap County, New Hampshire. It reports serving 225 people through 9 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 2021.

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

Population served

225

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNH1698060

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served225

Service connections9

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNH state drinking water program

City servedNew Hampton

StateNew Hampshire

ZIP—

CountyBelknap County

How does Exit 23 Plaza compare with other water systems in Belknap County?

By EPA's size categories, Exit 23 Plaza is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Belknap County has 255 active public water systems. Its population served is about 19% below the county average of 278 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 70,916 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 Exit 23 Plaza is about 56% above 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 Exit 23 Plaza?

EPA lists Exit 23 Plaza 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. 232 of the 255 active systems in Belknap County (91%) are also privately owned.

Does Exit 23 Plaza 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 2021. The violations listed here began between December 2008 and November 2021. By type: 5 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 5 monitoring and reporting, 1 monitoring and 1 reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (5 of them). EPA lists 10 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
2021-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-10-01	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2014-11-25	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2014-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2014-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2014-05-19	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2014-02-18	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2014-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2013-11-19	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2013-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2013-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2008-12-21	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	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.

Exit 23 Plaza: frequently asked questions

Who runs Exit 23 Plaza?

Exit 23 Plaza (PWSID NH1698060) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NH state drinking water program.

How many people does Exit 23 Plaza serve?

Exit 23 Plaza reports serving 225 people through 9 service connections in Belknap County, New Hampshire.

Where does Exit 23 Plaza 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 Exit 23 Plaza 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 2021. 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 Exit 23 Plaza'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 2021. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NH state drinking water program.

Where can I find Exit 23 Plaza's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Exit 23 Plaza 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 Belknap County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Laconia Water Works	Belknap	17,125	Community	Surface water
Meredith Water Dept	Belknap	3,750	Community	Surface water
Locke Lake	Belknap	2,308	Community	Surface water
Alton Water Works	Belknap	1,800	Community	Groundwater
Belmont Water Dept	Belknap	1,612	Community	Groundwater
Gunstock Acres Village Dist	Belknap	1,440	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, “Exit 23 Plaza, PWSID NH1698060, New Hampshire”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-hampshire/exit-23-plaza-nh1698060 (data as of October 1, 2026).