Community Water System · PWS MA2017001
Elm Hill Water District
Operator location Auburn, Massachusetts - 3% of 34 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); surface water source; 2,278 served per SDWIS.
- 2,278
- People served (this PWS)
- 34
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 1
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Elm Hill Water District standing, mid SDWIS violation third
3% of 34 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,618 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Elm Hill Water District lands in the middle third by violation volume (34), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,278 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,618 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #287 of 418
- Population · MA
- 34
- Total EPA violations on record
- 3%
- 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
- 817
- County
- Worcester
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 9
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 1 | 1992 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 1 | 1999 |
| Gross Beta Particle Activity | MR | 1 | 1999 |
| Tritium | MR | 1 | 1999 |
| 38-STRONTIUM-90 | MR | 1 | 1999 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 1 | 1999 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Elm Hill Water District has 34 recorded EPA violations, 46% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 54% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 34), and it ranks #12,618 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)
34 Lower than most fewer violations than 54% 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 Elm Hill Water District
1 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MA2017001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · MassDEP, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
34 violations · 2,278 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 Elm Hill Water District
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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