Is ACUSHNET WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
ACUSHNET WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 8,430, over 2,907 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
11 total violations and 2 health-based ones put ACUSHNET WATER DEPARTMENT at the 50th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,489 of 12,903.
How ACUSHNET WATER DEPARTMENT compares within MA
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; ACUSHNET WATER DEPARTMENT carries 2, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ACUSHNET WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2013-01-07 (health-based: 2001-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ACUSHNET WATER DEPARTMENT'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)
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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is ACUSHNET WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and ACUSHNET WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,489th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.