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WAYLAND WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained

WAYLAND 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 14,096 people through 5,064 service connections.

How this compares nationally

58 total violations and 11 health-based ones put WAYLAND WATER DEPARTMENT at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,722 of 12,903.

Against the MA average

Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - WAYLAND WATER DEPARTMENT's 11 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

WAYLAND WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2012-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

The concern categories on record

WAYLAND 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:

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

What WAYLAND WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover

This is what WAYLAND 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 WAYLAND 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.