What's in NORTON WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
NORTON WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 19,161 people get their water from it, across 5,932 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, NORTON WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 2,003th by violation burden (84th percentile) - 15 violations total, 10 health-baseds.
Against the MA average
Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - NORTON WATER DEPARTMENT's 10 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
NORTON WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
NORTON WATER DEPARTMENT'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 NORTON WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is NORTON WATER DEPARTMENT'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 NORTON WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,003th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.