NEWTON WATER DEPT. (MWRA): EPA violation history, explained
NEWTON WATER DEPT. (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 88,931 people through 24,149 service connections.
NEWTON WATER DEPT. (MWRA)'s record against the rest of the country
9 total violations and 5 health-based ones put NEWTON WATER DEPT. (MWRA) at the 71th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,762 of 12,903.
Against the MA average
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; NEWTON WATER DEPT. (MWRA) carries 5, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
NEWTON WATER DEPT. (MWRA)'s most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 1999-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
NEWTON WATER DEPT. (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: 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 NEWTON WATER DEPT. (MWRA)'s record does not cover
NEWTON WATER DEPT. (MWRA)'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 NEWTON WATER DEPT. (MWRA)'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,762th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.