What's in LONGMEADOW WATER DEPT's water?
LONGMEADOW WATER DEPT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 15,853, over 5,723 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
LONGMEADOW WATER DEPT has 28 violations on record in total, 18 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,024th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 92th percentile nationally.
Against the MA average
LONGMEADOW WATER DEPT's 18 health-based violations sit above the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
LONGMEADOW WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-10-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-10-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
LONGMEADOW WATER DEPT'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); Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 LONGMEADOW WATER DEPT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is LONGMEADOW WATER DEPT'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 LONGMEADOW WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,024th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.