MILFORD WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
MILFORD WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 30,379 people through 9,338 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
MILFORD WATER DEPARTMENT has 74 violations on record in total, 11 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,711th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 87th percentile nationally.
How MILFORD WATER DEPARTMENT compares within MA
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; MILFORD WATER DEPARTMENT carries 11, more than typical for the state. 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 MILFORD WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2013-01-08 (health-based: 2013-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MILFORD 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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
MILFORD 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. This record - 11 health-based violations on file for MILFORD WATER DEPARTMENT - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.