Is WEST SPRINGFIELD DPW WATER DIVISION's water safe to drink?
WEST SPRINGFIELD DPW WATER DIVISION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 28,835 people through 8,586 service connections.
How this compares nationally
WEST SPRINGFIELD DPW WATER DIVISION has 16 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,757th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 79th percentile nationally.
Against the MA average
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; WEST SPRINGFIELD DPW WATER DIVISION carries 7, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
WEST SPRINGFIELD DPW WATER DIVISION's most recent violation on record is dated 2019-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
WEST SPRINGFIELD DPW WATER DIVISION'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What WEST SPRINGFIELD DPW WATER DIVISION's record does not cover
WEST SPRINGFIELD DPW WATER DIVISION'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. This record - 7 health-based violations on file for WEST SPRINGFIELD DPW WATER DIVISION - 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.