Is BREWSTER WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
BREWSTER 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: 35,000, over 7,074 connections.
BREWSTER WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
BREWSTER WATER DEPARTMENT has 4 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,811th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 32th percentile nationally.
Against the MA average
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; BREWSTER WATER DEPARTMENT carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
BREWSTER WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2012-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1996-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
BREWSTER 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
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 BREWSTER WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
This is what BREWSTER 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 - 1 health-based violation on file for BREWSTER 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.