Is NEWTON WATER SUPPLY's water safe to drink?
NEWTON WATER SUPPLY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 16,518 people get their water from it, across 7,200 connections.
How this compares nationally
4 total violations and 2 health-based ones put NEWTON WATER SUPPLY at the 46th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,931 of 12,903.
Against the IA average
Among the 203 IA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - NEWTON WATER SUPPLY's 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
NEWTON WATER SUPPLY's most recent violation on record is dated 2007-01-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 2003-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
NEWTON WATER SUPPLY'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 NEWTON WATER SUPPLY's record does not cover
Everything on this page is NEWTON WATER SUPPLY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for NEWTON WATER SUPPLY - 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.