NORTH READING WATER DEPT.: EPA violation history, explained
NORTH READING 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 16,379 people through 4,962 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
NORTH READING WATER DEPT. has 54 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,102th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 84th percentile nationally.
How NORTH READING WATER DEPT. compares within MA
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; NORTH READING WATER DEPT. carries 9, 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 NORTH READING WATER DEPT. is from 2020-01-07 (health-based: 2020-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NORTH READING 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Revised Total Coliform Rule
- 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
NORTH READING WATER DEPT.'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 - 9 health-based violations on file for NORTH READING 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.