Question 1

Is Egremont Water Dept water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Egremont Water Dept (PWS ID: MA1090000) has 108 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 1,000 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Egremont Water Dept serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Egremont Water Dept serves 1,000 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of South Egremont or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 180 service connections. The operator address is listed in South Egremont, Massachusetts.

Question 3

What type of violations does Egremont Water Dept have?

Accepted Answer

Egremont Water Dept has 108 total violations: 8 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 67 monitoring/reporting violations, and 8 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Egremont Water Dept water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Egremont Water Dept under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Egremont Water Dept use?

Accepted Answer

Egremont Water Dept uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Egremont Water Dept sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Egremont Water Dept ranks #19,581 of 29,740 by people served, and #328 of 418 in Massachusetts. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Egremont Water Dept's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Egremont Water Dept has 108 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 25% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 75% of that cohort has fewer violations than Egremont Water Dept. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TT	6	2012
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	5	2010
Chlordane	MR	2	2015
Endrin	MR	2	2015
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	2	2015
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	2	2015
Pentachlorophenol	MR	2	2015
BHC-GAMMA	MR	2	2015
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE	MR	2	2015
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	2	2015
Dalapon	MR	2	2015
Dinoseb	MR	2	2015
Diquat	MR	2	2015
Glyphosate	MR	2	2015
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	2015
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	2	2015
Picloram	MR	2	2015
Simazine	MR	2	2015
2,3,7,8-TCDD	MR	2	2015
Nitrate	MR	2	2015
TTHM	MR	2	2015
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	2	2015
LASSO	MR	2	2015
2,4-D	MR	2	2015
Carbofuran	MR	2	2015
Atrazine	MR	2	2015
2,4,5-TP	MR	2	2015
Endothall	MR	2	2015
OXAMYL	MR	2	2015
Methoxychlor	MR	2	2015

Egremont Water Dept

Egremont Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Egremont Water Dept

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served