Is WOBURN WATER DEPT.'s water safe to drink?
WOBURN 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: 40,876, over 11,870 connections.
WOBURN WATER DEPT.'s record against the rest of the country
WOBURN WATER DEPT. has 22 violations on record in total, 5 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,568th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 72th percentile nationally.
Against the MA average
Among the 283 MA systems in this dataset, the average is 7.0 health-based violations - WOBURN WATER DEPT.'s 5 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
WOBURN WATER DEPT.'s most recent violation on record is dated 2007-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 1997-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
WOBURN 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What WOBURN WATER DEPT.'s record does not cover
This is what WOBURN WATER DEPT. 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 22 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.