Is LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,200, over 707 connections.
How this compares nationally
LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT has 84 violations on record in total, 31 of thems health-based - ranking it 543th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 96th percentile nationally.
Against the MA average
Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT's 31 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2014-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2012-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Uranium
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
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 LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT's record does not cover
LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT'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. Between the utility's meter and LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 543th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.