What's in PAXTON WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
PAXTON WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,300, over 1,341 connections.
PAXTON WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
PAXTON WATER DEPARTMENT has 18 violations on record in total, 11 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,814th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 86th percentile nationally.
Against the MA average
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; PAXTON WATER DEPARTMENT carries 11, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
PAXTON WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2014-01-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
PAXTON 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); 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 PAXTON WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
PAXTON WATER DEPARTMENT'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. Between the utility's meter and PAXTON WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,814th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.