Is DARTMOUTH WATER DIVISION's water safe to drink?
DARTMOUTH WATER DIVISION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 24,696 people get their water from it, across 9,547 connections.
DARTMOUTH WATER DIVISION's record against the rest of the country
DARTMOUTH WATER DIVISION has 21 violations on record in total, 16 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,178th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 91th percentile nationally.
How DARTMOUTH WATER DIVISION compares within MA
Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - DARTMOUTH WATER DIVISION's 16 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for DARTMOUTH WATER DIVISION is from 2024-02-10 (health-based: 2021-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DARTMOUTH WATER DIVISION'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); Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
This is what DARTMOUTH WATER DIVISION 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 - 16 health-based violations on file for DARTMOUTH WATER DIVISION - 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.