Is GREENFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
GREENFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 17,768 people get their water from it, across 5,786 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, GREENFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 4,723th by violation burden (63th percentile) - 86 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How GREENFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT compares within MA
GREENFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT's 3 health-based violations sit within the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for GREENFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2018-01-02 (health-based: 2016-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GREENFIELD 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: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 GREENFIELD 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 GREENFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,723th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.