Is ADAMS FIRE DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
ADAMS FIRE DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 7,945 people get their water from it, across 2,984 connections.
How this compares nationally
7 total violations and 6 health-based ones put ADAMS FIRE DISTRICT at the 74th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,300 of 12,903.
How ADAMS FIRE DISTRICT compares within MA
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; ADAMS FIRE DISTRICT carries 6, 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 ADAMS FIRE DISTRICT is from 2015-01-11 (health-based: 2015-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ADAMS FIRE DISTRICT'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
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
ADAMS FIRE DISTRICT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and ADAMS FIRE DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,300th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.