What's in WESTFIELD DPWWATER DIVISION's water?
WESTFIELD DPWWATER DIVISION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 41,094 people get their water from it, across 11,606 connections.
WESTFIELD DPWWATER DIVISION's record against the rest of the country
WESTFIELD DPWWATER DIVISION has 80 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,573th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 80th percentile nationally.
How WESTFIELD DPWWATER DIVISION compares within MA
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; WESTFIELD DPWWATER DIVISION carries 7, 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 WESTFIELD DPWWATER DIVISION is from 2025-01-06 (health-based: 2014-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WESTFIELD DPWWATER 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:
- 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
This is what WESTFIELD DPWWATER DIVISION 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. Between the utility's meter and WESTFIELD DPWWATER DIVISION's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,573th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.