WALPOLE WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
WALPOLE WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 24,070, over 8,750 connections.
WALPOLE WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, WALPOLE WATER DEPT ranks 3,007th by violation burden (77th percentile) - 42 violations total, 6 health-baseds.
How WALPOLE WATER DEPT compares within MA
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; WALPOLE WATER DEPT carries 6, 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 WALPOLE WATER DEPT is from 2013-01-10 (health-based: 2013-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WALPOLE 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)
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 WALPOLE WATER DEPT'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 WALPOLE WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,007th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.