Is ROCKPORT WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
ROCKPORT WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 10,000 people get their water from it, across 3,782 connections.
ROCKPORT WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
ROCKPORT WATER DEPT has 10 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,403th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 66th percentile nationally.
How ROCKPORT WATER DEPT compares within MA
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; ROCKPORT WATER DEPT carries 4, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ROCKPORT WATER DEPT is from 2016-01-07 (health-based: 2005-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ROCKPORT 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)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
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
Everything on this page is ROCKPORT WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for ROCKPORT 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.