DrinkingWaterCheck

Is BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?

BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 105,788 people get their water from it, across 24,488 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT has 62 violations on record in total, 5 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,422th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 73th percentile nationally.

Against the MA average

BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT's 5 health-based violations sit within 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

BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2018-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

The concern categories on record

BROCKTON 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:

The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover

This is what BROCKTON 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 - 5 health-based violations on file for BROCKTON 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.