STOUGHTON WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
STOUGHTON 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 29,281 people through 8,656 service connections.
STOUGHTON WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
STOUGHTON WATER DEPARTMENT has 13 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,798th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 78th percentile nationally.
How STOUGHTON WATER DEPARTMENT compares within MA
STOUGHTON WATER DEPARTMENT's 7 health-based violations sit above the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for STOUGHTON WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2025-01-01 (health-based: 2015-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
STOUGHTON 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)
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
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
STOUGHTON 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 13 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.