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Roberts Cove Basin

At a glance

Roberts Cove Basin (PWSID NH0067130) is an active transient non-community water system in Belknap County, New Hampshire. It reports serving 25 people through 3 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2024.

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

Population served

25

Service connections

3

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNH0067130
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served25
Service connections3
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNH state drinking water program
City servedAlton
StateNew Hampshire
ZIP—
CountyBelknap County

How does Roberts Cove Basin compare with other water systems in Belknap County?

By EPA's size categories, Roberts Cove Basin is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Belknap County has 255 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 278 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% 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 Roberts Cove Basin is well 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 Roberts Cove Basin?

EPA lists Roberts Cove Basin 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 Roberts Cove Basin have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2024. The violations listed here began between April 1997 and December 2024. By type: 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 1 reporting, 1 monitoring and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (2 of them). EPA lists 4 as resolved and 1 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2024-12-23Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2024-12-23Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2024-11-12ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4BRevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-10-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
1997-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoArchived

All 5 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.

Roberts Cove Basin: frequently asked questions

Who runs Roberts Cove Basin?

Roberts Cove Basin (PWSID NH0067130) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NH state drinking water program.

How many people does Roberts Cove Basin serve?

Roberts Cove Basin reports serving 25 people through 3 service connections in Belknap County, New Hampshire.

Where does Roberts Cove Basin 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 Roberts Cove Basin have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2024. 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 Roberts Cove Basin'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 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NH state drinking water program.

Where can I find Roberts Cove Basin's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Roberts Cove Basin 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 systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Laconia Water WorksBelknap17,125CommunitySurface water
Meredith Water DeptBelknap3,750CommunitySurface water
Locke LakeBelknap2,308CommunitySurface water
Alton Water WorksBelknap1,800CommunityGroundwater
Belmont Water DeptBelknap1,612CommunityGroundwater
Gunstock Acres Village DistBelknap1,440CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Roberts Cove Basin, PWSID NH0067130, New Hampshire”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-hampshire/roberts-cove-basin-nh0067130 (data as of October 1, 2026).