What's in GEORGETOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
GEORGETOWN WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 8,766 people through 2,841 service connections.
GEORGETOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, GEORGETOWN WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 2,335th by violation burden (82th percentile) - 68 violations total, 8 health-baseds.
How GEORGETOWN WATER DEPARTMENT compares within MA
Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - GEORGETOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's 8 is above that. 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 GEORGETOWN WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2024-01-06 (health-based: 2018-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GEORGETOWN 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)
- 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 this data is and is not
This is what GEORGETOWN WATER DEPARTMENT 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 GEORGETOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,335th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.