Is DIGHTON WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
DIGHTON WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,280, over 1,980 connections.
DIGHTON WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
15 total violations and 6 health-based ones put DIGHTON WATER DISTRICT at the 75th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,170 of 12,903.
How DIGHTON WATER DISTRICT compares within MA
DIGHTON WATER DISTRICT's 6 health-based violations sit within the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for DIGHTON WATER DISTRICT is from 2022-01-09 (health-based: 2011-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DIGHTON 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 this data is and is not
This is what DIGHTON WATER DISTRICT 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. Between the utility's meter and DIGHTON WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,170th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.