NORTH ADAMS WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
NORTH ADAMS WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 13,000 people through 4,203 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
NORTH ADAMS WATER DEPT has 190 violations on record in total, 5 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,337th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 74th percentile nationally.
How NORTH ADAMS WATER DEPT compares within MA
NORTH ADAMS WATER DEPT's 5 health-based violations sit within the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for NORTH ADAMS WATER DEPT is from 2018-08-03 (health-based: 2018-08-03). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NORTH ADAMS WATER DEPT'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); Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 this data is and is not
This is what NORTH ADAMS WATER DEPT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for NORTH ADAMS WATER DEPT - 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.