Community Water System · PWS MA1267001
Berkshire School
Operator location Sheffield, Massachusetts - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 425 people served; 29 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 425
- People served (this PWS)
- 29
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Berkshire School standing, mid SDWIS violation third
425 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Berkshire School lands in the middle third by violation volume (29), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (425; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 29
- Total EPA violations on record
- 17%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 425
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 36
- County
- Berkshire
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 1
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2015 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2001 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Other | 2 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 1995 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Berkshire School has 29 recorded EPA violations, 41% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 58% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 29), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
29 Lower than most fewer violations than 58% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Berkshire School
EPA SDWIS lists 425 people served and 36 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · MassDEP, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
29 violations · 425 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.
What to do with Berkshire School
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Massachusetts compares on the same EPA violation measures. Massachusetts systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.