NORFOLK WATER DIVISION: EPA violation history, explained
NORFOLK WATER DIVISION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 7,602 people through 2,605 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, NORFOLK WATER DIVISION ranks 2,547th by violation burden (80th percentile) - 174 violations total, 7 health-baseds.
Against the MA average
NORFOLK WATER DIVISION's 7 health-based violations sit above the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
NORFOLK WATER DIVISION's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2012-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
NORFOLK WATER DIVISION'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)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What NORFOLK WATER DIVISION's record does not cover
Everything on this page is NORFOLK WATER DIVISION'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 NORFOLK WATER DIVISION's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,547th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.