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Bristol County, Massachusetts

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MA005 · Bristol County 133 sys · 3,611 viol · #100/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 88.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.7% health
  • RANK-TOP #100/3254
  • ABOVE-PEER +1.2 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 66.7% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 86%
  • SYS-LARGE 133 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Suffolk County ( -1.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bristol County ranks #100 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #6 of 14 counties in Massachusetts. See methodology · corpus placement.

Bristol County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 88.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.7% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 66.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #100 of 3,254 · #6 of 14 in Massachusetts.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Bristol County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Bristol County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Suffolk · lowest Essex · near Plymouth · near 87.5% 88.7% 91% 93% 93% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Inima USA / Aquaria LLC 105,643 39 Clean
City of New Bedford Dpi 101,079 12 Detected
Fall River Water Department 94,000 87 Clean
Taunton Water Division 62,165 74 Clean
Attleboro Water Dept 46,654 38 Detected
North Attleboro Water Dept 28,863 146 Detected
Bluedrop Water Vending N Att Dpw 28,712 0 -
Dartmouth Water Division 24,630 38 Detected
Mansfield Water Division 23,289 26 Detected
Easton Water Div 23,112 6 Detected
Norton Water Department 19,161 23 Detected
Somerset Water Department 18,303 34 Clean
Swansea Water District 17,375 24 Detected
Seekonk Water District 14,704 15 Detected
Fairhaven Water Dept 14,470 21 Clean
Raynham Center Water District 10,824 8 Detected
Acushnet Water Department 8,384 18 Clean
Dighton Water District 5,264 24 Detected
North Raynham Water District 3,902 5 Detected
Dcr Horseneck Beach State Reservation 3,000 33 -
Freetown Water Commission 1,600 23 -
Dorothy L Beckwith Middle School 1,600 30 -
Westport Schools Complex 1,472 0 -
North Dighton Fire District 1,300 6 -
Camp Ramsbottom 1,000 92 -
Seekonk Swimming and Tennis Club 900 21 -
Berkley Community School 647 43 -
Cumberland Farms #2314 600 129 -
Freetown Elementary School 501 61 -
Berkley Middle School/Town Offices 500 77 -
Rachels Lakeside 500 8 -
Camp Welch, Thomas Chew Memorial 500 16 -
Raynham Athletic Club 500 36 -
Kings Grant Water Co Inc 434 150 -
Padelford Berkley LLC 350 2 -
The Reserve at Spring Hill 300 4 -
Dcr Horseneck Beach Campground 300 17 -
The Back Eddy 250 8 -
Town of Westport 250 7 -
Weatherlow Farms 235 5 -
Rocky Mountain Spring Water Vending 200 1 -
Westport Harbor Water Association Inc 200 21 -
Acoaxet Club 200 27 -
Bittersweet Farm Inc 180 162 -
Noquochoke Village LLC 180 5 -
Dcr Demarest Lloyd State Park 175 6 -
Crestwood Country Club 175 12 -
Plaza Pizza 175 4 -
Round the Bend Farm 160 0 -
Corrigan Mental Health Center 152 0 -

Compare beyond Massachusetts

Lower-flagged peers for Bristol County

Cross-state counties nearest Bristol County on flagged-system share (88.7%) and cumulative violation count (3,611). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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