PITTSFIELD DPU WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
PITTSFIELD DPU 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 43,927 people through 15,586 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
PITTSFIELD DPU WATER DEPT has 106 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,762th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 55th percentile nationally.
How PITTSFIELD DPU WATER DEPT compares within MA
PITTSFIELD DPU WATER DEPT's 2 health-based violations sit within the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PITTSFIELD DPU WATER DEPT is from 2024-02-07 (health-based: 2016-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PITTSFIELD DPU 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); 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
Everything on this page is PITTSFIELD DPU WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for PITTSFIELD DPU 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.