Is BUZZARDS BAY WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
BUZZARDS BAY WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 7,700 people through 2,582 service connections.
BUZZARDS BAY WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
13 total violations and 10 health-based ones put BUZZARDS BAY WATER DISTRICT at the 84th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,018 of 12,903.
Against the MA average
Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - BUZZARDS BAY WATER DISTRICT's 10 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BUZZARDS BAY WATER DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2013-01-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 2013-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
BUZZARDS BAY 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)
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 BUZZARDS BAY WATER DISTRICT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is BUZZARDS BAY WATER DISTRICT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 10 health-based violations on file for BUZZARDS BAY WATER DISTRICT - 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.