Abington/Rockland Joint Wtr. Works, MA Water Quality
Is Abington/Rockland Joint Wtr. Works's water safe to drink?
Abington/Rockland Joint Wtr. Works had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 33,387 people through 11,607 service connections.
Abington/Rockland Joint Wtr. Works's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Abington/Rockland Joint Wtr. Works ranks 1,399th by violation burden (89th percentile) - 17 violations total, 14 health-based.
Against the MA average
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; Abington/Rockland Joint Wtr. Works carries 14, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
Abington/Rockland Joint Wtr. Works's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-05, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
Abington/Rockland Joint Wtr. Works's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Revised Total Coliform Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Tthm; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What Abington/Rockland Joint Wtr. Works's record does not cover
Everything on this page is Abington/Rockland Joint Wtr. Works's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 14 health-based violations on file for Abington/Rockland Joint Wtr. Works - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.