Is STERLING WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
STERLING WATER DEPARTMENT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 6,715 people through 2,487 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
STERLING WATER DEPARTMENT has 110 violations on record in total, 11 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,694th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 87th percentile nationally.
Against the MA average
STERLING WATER DEPARTMENT's 11 health-based violations sit above the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
STERLING WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-02. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
STERLING 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 STERLING WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
This is what STERLING 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. This record - 11 health-based violations on file for STERLING WATER DEPARTMENT - 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.