ANDOVER WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
ANDOVER WATER DEPT 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 36,569 people through 10,110 service connections.
How this compares nationally
ANDOVER WATER DEPT has 4 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,919th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 46th percentile nationally.
Against the MA average
ANDOVER WATER DEPT's 2 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
ANDOVER WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
ANDOVER WATER DEPT'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What ANDOVER WATER DEPT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is ANDOVER WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for ANDOVER WATER DEPT - 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.