ASHBURNHAM WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
ASHBURNHAM WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,680 people get their water from it, across 1,210 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
ASHBURNHAM WATER DEPARTMENT has 99 violations on record in total, 11 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,698th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 87th percentile nationally.
How ASHBURNHAM WATER DEPARTMENT compares within MA
ASHBURNHAM WATER DEPARTMENT's 11 health-based violations sit above the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ASHBURNHAM WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2024-06-12 (health-based: 2014-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ASHBURNHAM 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment 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 this data is and is not
This is what ASHBURNHAM WATER DEPARTMENT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 11 health-based violations on file for ASHBURNHAM WATER DEPARTMENT - 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.