ATTLEBORO WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
ATTLEBORO WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 46,461, over 14,729 connections.
ATTLEBORO WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
ATTLEBORO WATER DEPT has 16 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,097th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 61th percentile nationally.
How ATTLEBORO WATER DEPT compares within MA
Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - ATTLEBORO WATER DEPT's 3 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ATTLEBORO WATER DEPT is from 2018-01-10 (health-based: 2018-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ATTLEBORO 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 ATTLEBORO WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for ATTLEBORO 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.