Is AMHERST DPW WATER DIVISION's water safe to drink?
AMHERST DPW WATER DIVISION had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 39,263 people get their water from it, across 6,437 connections.
How this compares nationally
AMHERST DPW WATER DIVISION has 12 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,211th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 75th percentile nationally.
How AMHERST DPW WATER DIVISION compares within MA
AMHERST DPW WATER DIVISION's 6 health-based violations sit within the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for AMHERST DPW WATER DIVISION is from 2024-01-09 (health-based: 2024-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
AMHERST DPW WATER DIVISION'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
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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 this data is and is not
AMHERST DPW WATER DIVISION'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 AMHERST DPW WATER DIVISION's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,211th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.