City water profile

Water hardness in Blue Hill

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Blue Hill, Maine.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison: Unavailable
Evidence comparison rank: —
Matched utilities: 3
Active health records: 0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Parker Ridge Retirement Community

ME0092265 · Groundwater · 120 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level

Reported level: 0.0208 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

139% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level

Reported level: 1.9 mg/L
Action level: 1.3 mg/L

146% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 1996 to Dec 31, 1996

Violation history (5)

Imported violation history for Parker Ridge Retirement Community
Rule	Status	Period
Lead and Copper RuleHealth-based	Resolved	Dec 14, 2025 to Mar 13, 2026
Lead and Copper Rule	Archived	Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Lead and Copper Rule	Archived	Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Lead and Copper Rule	Unaddressed	Dec 30, 2022
Consumer Confidence Rule	Unaddressed	Jul 1, 2014

Blue Hill Terrace

ME0092110 · Groundwater · 60 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.0089 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

59% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (9)

Imported violation history for Blue Hill Terrace
Rule	Status	Period
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Dec 30, 2025 to Feb 26, 2026
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Apr 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024
Arsenic	Resolved	Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Dec 30, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Apr 1, 2022 to Jul 8, 2022
Lead and Copper RuleHealth-based	Resolved	Mar 20, 2022 to Jun 9, 2022
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
Lead and Copper RuleHealth-based	Resolved	Sep 27, 2021 to Nov 12, 2021
Lead and Copper RuleHealth-based	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Nov 19, 2021

Harbor View I & Ii

ME0092165 · Groundwater · 40 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.0012 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

8% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Violation history (3)

Imported violation history for Harbor View I & Ii
Rule	Status	Period
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Dec 30, 2021 to May 22, 2022
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Mar 29, 2022

City summary

What the indexed records say

Blue Hill has 1 published ZIP profile across Hancock County. No qualifying nearby hardness observation is available for the city.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs

Moderately hard0 ZIPs

Hard0 ZIPs

Very hard0 ZIPs

0 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance: — miles
Profiles with evidence: 0/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: unavailable to unavailable.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Blue Hill

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ZIP code

04614

No estimate

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Nearest site: — mi
Confidence: —

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

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Questions people ask

About water in Blue Hill

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.