Public water system · NH1278090

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Ricks Food and Spirits

At a glance

Ricks Food and Spirits (PWSID NH1278090) is an active transient non-community water system in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It reports serving 60 people through 2 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 April 2017.

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

PWSIDNH1278090

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served60

Service connections2

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNH state drinking water program

City servedKingston

StateNew Hampshire

ZIP—

CountyRockingham County

How does Ricks Food and Spirits compare with other water systems in Rockingham County?

By EPA's size categories, Ricks Food and Spirits is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Rockingham County has 554 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 492 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 272,726 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 Ricks Food and Spirits is about 58% below 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 Ricks Food and Spirits?

EPA lists Ricks Food and Spirits 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. 477 of the 554 active systems in Rockingham County (86%) are also privately owned.

Does Ricks Food and Spirits have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2017. The violations listed here began between July 2010 and April 2017. By type: 8 monitoring and reporting and 4 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (7 of them). EPA lists 9 as resolved and 3 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
2017-04-08	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2012-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2012-03-20	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2012-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2011-12-27	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2011-10-03	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2011-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2011-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2011-06-27	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2011-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2010-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2010-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	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.

Ricks Food and Spirits: frequently asked questions

Who runs Ricks Food and Spirits?

Ricks Food and Spirits (PWSID NH1278090) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NH state drinking water program.

How many people does Ricks Food and Spirits serve?

Ricks Food and Spirits reports serving 60 people through 2 service connections in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

Where does Ricks Food and Spirits 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 Ricks Food and Spirits 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 April 2017. 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 Ricks Food and Spirits' 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 April 2017. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NH state drinking water program.

Where can I find Ricks Food and Spirits' water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Ricks Food and Spirits 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 Rockingham County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Aquarion Water/Nh	Rockingham	34,000	Community	Groundwater
Portsmouth Water Works	Rockingham	33,000	Community	Surface water
Salem Water Dept	Rockingham	21,000	Community	Surface water
Derry Water Dept	Rockingham	17,370	Community	Purchased surface water
Seabrook Water Dept	Rockingham	14,000	Community	Groundwater
Exeter Water Dept	Rockingham	12,236	Community	Surface water

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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, “Ricks Food and Spirits, PWSID NH1278090, New Hampshire”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-hampshire/ricks-food-and-spirits-nh1278090 (data as of October 1, 2026).