Is FRANKLIN WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
FRANKLIN WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 33,706 people get their water from it, across 9,633 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, FRANKLIN WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 1,794th by violation burden (86th percentile) - 21 violations total, 11 health-baseds.
How FRANKLIN WATER DEPARTMENT compares within MA
Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - FRANKLIN WATER DEPARTMENT's 11 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for FRANKLIN WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2017-01-10 (health-based: 2014-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FRANKLIN 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:
- 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
Everything on this page is FRANKLIN WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and FRANKLIN WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,794th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.