SPRINGFIELD WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION: EPA violation history, explained
SPRINGFIELD WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 169,170, over 43,302 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
SPRINGFIELD WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION has 22 violations on record in total, 11 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,790th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 86th percentile nationally.
How SPRINGFIELD WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION compares within MA
SPRINGFIELD WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION's 11 health-based violations sit above the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for SPRINGFIELD WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION is from 2021-01-01 (health-based: 2021-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SPRINGFIELD WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 SPRINGFIELD WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and SPRINGFIELD WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,790th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.