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Nitrate at Caribou Utilities District

Maine · system ME0090320 · serves 3,943 people

Band placed by this system's most recent reported result within a rolling three-year window; the three-year range below shows the full spread.

The reading

4.09 mg/L as N
most recent reading · Jul 2025
not reported
three-year range (mg/L as N)
CCR summary, unverified
what this result rests on
3,943
people served

This figure was transcribed from the utility's Consumer Confidence Report — the annual summary a utility writes about its own water — not from the underlying sampling records, which this site has not seen. That is why the basis reads unverified.

Source: the system's own Consumer Confidence Report (transcribed, unverified) · Maine · system ME0090320 · the three years from August 9, 2023 to August 9, 2026

Where this ranks

This system's nitrate sits in the top 8% nationally. Systems reporting less serve about 92% of everyone on NitrateSmart's tracked supply; the other about 8% are on systems reporting the same or more. That compares what systems reported, not what comes out of any one tap.

Natural backgroundHuman impact likelyHuman impact clearHealth-study rangeAbove the federal limit

What "Human impact clear" means

Above 3 mg/L, human activity is the leading explanation for the nitrate in this system's water[1]. It is still a statement about the source, not a health verdict — the level is well below the federal limit.

Sources

  1. Madison, R.J., and Brunett, J.O. (1985). Overview of the occurrence of nitrate in ground water of the United States. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2275, p. 93–105.

The bands describe how strongly human activity, read from nitrate, has marked a water source — they are not a safety verdict. More on what the numbers mean and where nitrate comes from.

NitrateSmart

Nitrate in community water systems, from the utilities’ own compliance reporting.

Results reaching back to July 2023 · current through August 9, 2026.

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