Is NEW BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
NEW BROCKTON 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 4,185 people through 1,395 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
NEW BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT has 39 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,022th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 77th percentile nationally.
Against the AL average
AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; NEW BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT carries 6, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
NEW BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-11-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
NEW BROCKTON 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
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 NEW BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is NEW BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT'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 NEW BROCKTON WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,022th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.