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Community Water System · PWS MA1227003

Three Rivers Fire District

Operator location Three Rivers, Massachusetts - 10% of 42 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 3,258 served per SDWIS.

3,258
People served (this PWS)
42
EPA violations (this PWS)
4
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Three Rivers Fire District standing, mid SDWIS violation third

10% of 42 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 10% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,025 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Three Rivers Fire District lands in the middle third by violation volume (42), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 3,258 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 10% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#10,025 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#264 of 418
Population · MA
42
Total EPA violations on record
10%
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
926
County
Hampden
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
4
Monitoring Violations
22
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 2015
Coliform (TCR) MCL 4 2015
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 2017
Antimony, Total MR 1 2008
Nickel MR 1 2008
Fluoride MR 1 2008
Mercury MR 1 2008
Barium MR 1 2008
Cadmium MR 1 2008
Chromium MR 1 2008
Radium-226 MR 1 1996
Gross Beta Particle Activity MR 1 1996
38-STRONTIUM-90 MR 1 1996
Beryllium, Total MR 1 2008
CYANIDE MR 1 2008
Selenium MR 1 2008
Radium-228 MR 1 1996
Arsenic MR 1 2008
Thallium, Total MR 1 2008
Tritium MR 1 1996
Nitrate MR 1 2000

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Three Rivers Fire District has 42 recorded EPA violations, 52% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 48% carry more. 10% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 42), and it ranks #10,025 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)

42 Around the middle fewer violations than 48% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Health-based violations on Three Rivers Fire District

4 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MA1227003.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · MassDEP, Drinking Water Program

Nationwide peers

42 violations · 3,258 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Three Rivers Fire District

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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