What's in SPENCER WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
SPENCER WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 7,037 people through 1,887 service connections.
SPENCER WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SPENCER WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 5,497th by violation burden (57th percentile) - 6 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
Against the MA average
Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - SPENCER WATER DEPARTMENT's 3 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
SPENCER WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2009-04-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-04-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
SPENCER 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What SPENCER WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
SPENCER 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 SPENCER WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,497th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.