PITTSFIELD WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
PITTSFIELD WATER DEPT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,228 people get their water from it, across 1,291 connections.
How this compares nationally
PITTSFIELD WATER DEPT has 22 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,183th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 68th percentile nationally.
How PITTSFIELD WATER DEPT compares within ME
Among the 63 ME systems in this dataset, the average is 6.0 health-based violations - PITTSFIELD WATER DEPT's 4 is at or below that. 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 WATER DEPT is from 2023-01-10 (health-based: 2023-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/13/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PITTSFIELD 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)
- 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
This is what PITTSFIELD 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. Between the utility's meter and PITTSFIELD WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,183th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.