What's in MEDWAY WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
MEDWAY WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 14,176 people get their water from it, across 3,862 connections.
How this compares nationally
MEDWAY WATER DEPARTMENT has 240 violations on record in total, 14 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,288th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 90th percentile nationally.
How MEDWAY WATER DEPARTMENT compares within MA
MEDWAY WATER DEPARTMENT's 14 health-based violations sit above the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. 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 MEDWAY WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2017-01-07 (health-based: 2014-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MEDWAY 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)
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
MEDWAY WATER DEPARTMENT'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 MEDWAY WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,288th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.