Is ESSEX WATER DEPT.'s water safe to drink?

ESSEX WATER DEPT.'s only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. It serves 3,675 people through 1,124 service connections.

ESSEX WATER DEPT.'s record against the rest of the country

ESSEX WATER DEPT. has 40 violations on record in total, 0 of thems health-based - ranking it 9,674th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 25th percentile nationally.

How ESSEX WATER DEPT. compares within MA

ESSEX WATER DEPT.'s 0 health-based violations sit within the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. 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 ESSEX WATER DEPT. is from 2009-02-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

What this data is and is not

ESSEX 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. This record - 0 health-based violations on file for ESSEX WATER DEPT. - 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.