Community Water System · PWS MA1283003
Stockbridge Water Dept
Operator location Stockbridge, Massachusetts - 20% of 30 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); surface water source; 2,800 served per SDWIS.
- 2,800
- People served (this PWS)
- 30
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Stockbridge Water Dept standing, mid SDWIS violation third
20% of 30 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 20% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,119 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Stockbridge Water Dept lands in the middle third by violation volume (30), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,800 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 20% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,119 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #278 of 418
- Population · MA
- 30
- Total EPA violations on record
- 20%
- 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
- 719
- County
- Berkshire
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 9
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 2016 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 2003 |
| TTHM | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2017 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Stockbridge Water Dept has 30 recorded EPA violations, 42% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 57% carry more. 20% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 30), and it ranks #11,119 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)
30 Lower than most fewer violations than 57% 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 Stockbridge Water Dept
6 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MA1283003.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · MassDEP, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
30 violations · 2,800 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 Stockbridge Water Dept
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