Is EASTHAMPTON WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
EASTHAMPTON WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 16,211, over 5,977 connections.
EASTHAMPTON WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
EASTHAMPTON WATER DEPT has 49 violations on record in total, 8 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,352th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 82th percentile nationally.
How EASTHAMPTON WATER DEPT compares within MA
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; EASTHAMPTON WATER DEPT carries 8, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for EASTHAMPTON WATER DEPT is from 2016-01-07 (health-based: 2014-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EASTHAMPTON WATER DEPT'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)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Trichloroethylene
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
EASTHAMPTON WATER DEPT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and EASTHAMPTON WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,352th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.