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Franklin County, Massachusetts

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MA011 · Franklin County 112 sys · 3,736 viol · #850/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-LOW · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 93.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 9.3% health
  • RANK-UPPER #850/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 20.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 94%
  • SYS-MID 112 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Hampshire County ( -0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Franklin County ranks #850 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #12 of 14 counties in Massachusetts. See methodology · corpus placement.

Franklin County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 93.8% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 9.3% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 20.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #850 of 3,254 · #12 of 14 in Massachusetts.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Franklin County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Suffolk · lowest Norfolk · near Franklin · this county Nantucket · highest 87.5% 93% 93% 93.5% 93.8% 95.7% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Greenfield Water Department 17,645 98 Clean
Turners Falls Water Dept 8,080 22 Clean
Orange Water Dept 6,526 22 Detected
South Deerfield Water Supply District 3,800 96 Clean
Sunderland Water District 3,190 50 -
Shelburne Falls Fire District 1,806 28 -
Bernardston Fire Water Dist 1,462 271 -
Deerfield Fire District 1,300 52 -
Whately Water Department 900 29 Clean
Northfield Water District 800 120 -
Northfield Mt Hermon School 750 8 -
East Northfield Water Co 659 52 -
Dcr Erving State Forest 576 16 -
Erving Water Dept 561 12 -
Mohawk Trail Regional High School 550 71 -
Berkshire East Ski Area 550 26 -
Pioneer Valley Regional School 500 84 -
Cliffside Apartments 500 84 -
Montague Center Water District 450 64 -
Ashfield Water District 400 123 -
Eaglebrook School 350 178 -
Riverside Water District 341 13 -
Charlemont 4Family Store 300 31 -
Freight House Antiques 295 11 -
Shutesbury Elementary School 285 25 -
Conway Grammar School 261 31 -
Camp Anderson Foundation 250 13 -
Leverett Elementary School 217 8 -
Hawlemont Regional School 210 79 -
Dcr C a Holmes Recreation Area 200 9 -
Swift River Elementary School 180 40 -
Sanderson Academy 170 14 -
Gill Elementary School 155 60 -
Northfield Mtn Station Visitor Center 140 15 -
Erving Paper Mills 135 7 -
Griswoldville Water District 125 131 -
New Salem General Store 125 9 -
Dl Moody Center 125 0 -
Pan Am Southern Railroad 120 23 -
Barton Cove Campground 120 8 -
Riverview Picnic Area 120 13 -
Colrain Central Elem School 115 12 -
Dcr Mohawk Trail State Forest 100 22 -
Mohawk Park 100 5 -
The Academy at Charlemont 100 19 -
Colrain Fire District #1 100 45 -
Mohawk Estates 100 3 -
Daniel Shays Package Store 100 1 -
The Farm School 100 12 -
Rowe Camp and Conference Center 100 113 -

Compare beyond Massachusetts

Mid-flagged peers for Franklin County

Cross-state counties nearest Franklin County on flagged-system share (93.8%) and cumulative violation count (3,736). 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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