Is RANDOLPH WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?

RANDOLPH 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: 35,114, over 9,698 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

14 total violations and 7 health-based ones put RANDOLPH WATER DEPARTMENT at the 78th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,782 of 12,903.

Against the MA average

Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - RANDOLPH WATER DEPARTMENT's 7 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

RANDOLPH WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2019-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2004-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

The concern categories on record

RANDOLPH 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)

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 RANDOLPH WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover

This is what RANDOLPH WATER DEPARTMENT 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 RANDOLPH WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,782th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.