NH / Portsmouth
NH · Tap water records
Portsmouth tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Portsmouth. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Portsmouth is served by 10 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 44,469 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 70 violations across the community water system(s) serving Portsmouth, going back to the earliest EPA record. 18 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Portsmouth Water Works
33,000 served · surface water · PWSID NH1951010 As of June 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
Pease Trade Port
9,900 served · groundwater · PWSID NH1951020 As of June 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
New Castle Water Works
910 served · surface water · PWSID NH1661010 - Health-based TTHM: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 11 times between January 2016 and July 2018. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between July 2015 and October 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Chlorine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2008. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Hemlock Haven
207 served · groundwater · PWSID NH1053020 - Health-based Revised Total Coliform Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times in October 2023. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in December 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Piper Meadows Private Communty
125 served · groundwater · PWSID NH0023010 - Health-based Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in October 2025. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Groundwater Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times between June 2013 and October 2018. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 9 times between July 2005 and July 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between September 2016 and April 2017. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between February 2009 and April 2011. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Cedar Creek
105 served · groundwater · PWSID NH0512200 - Health-based Lead and Copper Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in December 2010. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between October 2010 and October 2024. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between July 2007 and July 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between September 2006 and April 2008. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Blueberry Village Condos
90 served · groundwater · PWSID NH0162180 - Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between July 2007 and July 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Four Seasons Mobile Home Park
55 served · groundwater · PWSID NH1053010 - Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2007. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
High Pastures At Black Mtn
47 served · groundwater · PWSID NH1212090 - Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2008. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Cedar Wood Estates
30 served · groundwater · PWSID NH1332040 - Health-based Revised Total Coliform Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in November 2018. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between November 2018 and December 2018. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring E. COLI: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in August 2018. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between July 2014 and July 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in April 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.