BLACKSTONE WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
BLACKSTONE WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 9,463, over 2,797 connections.
BLACKSTONE WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
BLACKSTONE WATER DEPARTMENT has 78 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,080th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 84th percentile nationally.
Against the MA average
BLACKSTONE WATER DEPARTMENT's 9 health-based violations sit above the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BLACKSTONE WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2012-01-11, with the most recent health-based one dated 2012-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
BLACKSTONE 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)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BLACKSTONE WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
This is what BLACKSTONE 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 - 9 health-based violations on file for BLACKSTONE 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.