Is NEWBURYPORT WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
NEWBURYPORT WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 20,335, over 8,494 connections.
NEWBURYPORT WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, NEWBURYPORT WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 4,857th by violation burden (62th percentile) - 37 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How NEWBURYPORT WATER DEPARTMENT compares within MA
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; NEWBURYPORT WATER DEPARTMENT carries 3, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for NEWBURYPORT WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2022-01-01 (health-based: 2018-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NEWBURYPORT 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)
- 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
NEWBURYPORT 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 - 3 health-based violations on file for NEWBURYPORT 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.