Community Water System · PWS MA2019000
Ayer Dpw Water Division
Operator location Ayer, Massachusetts - larger served population (> 3,309) at 8,479 people served; 55 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 8,479
- People served (this PWS)
- 55
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 3 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Ayer Dpw Water Division standing, mid SDWIS violation third
8,479 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 7% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #5,375 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Ayer Dpw Water Division lands in the middle third by violation volume (55), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (8,479; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 7% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 3 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- #5,375 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #187 of 418
- Population · MA
- 55
- Total EPA violations on record
- 7%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
3 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 3,340
- County
- Middlesex
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 37
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 11 | 2023 |
| Arsenic | MR | 7 | 2010 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2000 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2019 |
| Asbestos | MR | 2 | 1995 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 1996 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 2 | 2005 |
| TTHM | MR | 2 | 2005 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Nickel | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 1998 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Ayer Dpw Water Division has 55 recorded EPA violations, 59% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 40% carry more. 7% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 55), and it ranks #5,375 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)
55 Around the middle fewer violations than 40% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 6 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFMBA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/2/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/2/2023 | 4.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/2/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/2/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/2/2023 | 10.10 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/2/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/2/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/2/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/2/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/2/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/2/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/2/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/2/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/2/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/2/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/2/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/2/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/2/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/2/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/2/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/2/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/2/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/2/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Ayer Dpw Water Division
EPA SDWIS lists 8,479 people served and 3,340 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
55 violations · 8,479 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Ayer Dpw Water Division
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