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Suffolk County, Massachusetts

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MA025 · Suffolk County 8 sys · 111 viol · #7/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · PFAS-MID · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 87.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 64.0% health
  • RANK-TOP #7/3254
  • BELOW-PEER 1.2 pp cleaner
  • PFAS-MID 25.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 75%
  • SYS-TINY 8 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Bristol County (+ 1.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Suffolk County ranks #7 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #1 of 14 counties in Massachusetts. See methodology · corpus placement.

Suffolk County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 87.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 64.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 25.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #7 of 3,254 · #1 of 14 in Massachusetts.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Suffolk County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Suffolk · this county · 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
Mwra 2,660,000 6 -
Boston Water and Sewer Commission (Mwra) 675,647 8 Clean
Revere Water Division (Mwra) 62,186 34 Detected
Chelsea Water Dept. (Mwra) 38,319 34 Clean
Winthrop Water Division, (Mwra) 19,316 26 Clean
Rocky Mt Sprg @ Supreme Liq Boston Vnd 400 2 -
Deer Island (Mwra) 350 0 -
Rocky Mt Spring @ Roslindale Plaza Vnd 25 1 -

Compare beyond Massachusetts

Lower-flagged peers for Suffolk County

Cross-state counties nearest Suffolk County on flagged-system share (87.5%) and cumulative violation count (111). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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