What's in FALL RIVER WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
FALL RIVER WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 94,000, over 22,125 connections.
How this compares nationally
55 total violations and 11 health-based ones put FALL RIVER WATER DEPARTMENT at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,725 of 12,903.
Against the MA average
Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - FALL RIVER WATER DEPARTMENT's 11 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
FALL RIVER WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2013-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
FALL RIVER WATER DEPARTMENT'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What FALL RIVER WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is FALL RIVER WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 11 health-based violations on file for FALL RIVER WATER DEPARTMENT - 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.