DrinkingWaterCheck

WARE WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained

WARE WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 10,066 people get their water from it, across 2,482 connections.

WARE WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, WARE WATER DEPT ranks 2,063th by violation burden (84th percentile) - 115 violations total, 9 health-baseds.

Against the MA average

MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; WARE WATER DEPT carries 9, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

WARE WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

The concern categories on record

WARE 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:

The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What WARE WATER DEPT's record does not cover

WARE WATER DEPT'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 115 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.