AUBURN WATER DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained
AUBURN WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 12,255 people get their water from it, across 4,600 connections.
AUBURN WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
296 total violations and 15 health-based ones put AUBURN WATER DISTRICT at the 91th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,200 of 12,903.
How AUBURN WATER DISTRICT compares within MA
AUBURN WATER DISTRICT's 15 health-based violations sit above 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 AUBURN WATER DISTRICT is from 2021-01-10 (health-based: 2021-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
AUBURN WATER 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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
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 AUBURN WATER DISTRICT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and AUBURN WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,200th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.