Community Water System · PWS MA1148000
Lanesborough Fire and Water District
Operator location Lanesborough, Massachusetts - 38% of 26 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,324 served per SDWIS.
- 2,324
- People served (this PWS)
- 26
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 10
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Lanesborough Fire and Water District standing, mid SDWIS violation third
38% of 26 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 38% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #12,492 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Lanesborough Fire and Water District lands in the middle third by violation volume (26), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,324 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 38% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,492 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #285 of 418
- Population · MA
- 26
- Total EPA violations on record
- 38%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 878
- County
- Berkshire
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 8
- Monitoring Violations
- 5
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 8 | 2015 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2011 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 2 | 2017 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 2 | 2012 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 2015 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Lanesborough Fire and Water District has 26 recorded EPA violations, 38% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 61% carry more. 38% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 26), and it ranks #12,492 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
26 Lower than most fewer violations than 61% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Lanesborough Fire and Water District
10 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MA1148000.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · MassDEP, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
26 violations · 2,324 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Lanesborough Fire and Water District
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