MELROSE WATER DIVISION (MWRA): EPA violation history, explained
MELROSE WATER DIVISION (MWRA) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 29,938 people through 8,639 service connections.
MELROSE WATER DIVISION (MWRA)'s record against the rest of the country
18 total violations and 16 health-based ones put MELROSE WATER DIVISION (MWRA) at the 91th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,189 of 12,903.
Against the MA average
Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - MELROSE WATER DIVISION (MWRA)'s 16 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
MELROSE WATER DIVISION (MWRA)'s most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-11, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
MELROSE WATER DIVISION (MWRA)'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What MELROSE WATER DIVISION (MWRA)'s record does not cover
This is what MELROSE WATER DIVISION (MWRA) 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 MELROSE WATER DIVISION (MWRA)'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,189th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.