Question 1

Is Hillcrest Water District water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Hillcrest Water District (PWS ID: MA2151002) has 191 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 1,500 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Hillcrest Water District serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Hillcrest Water District serves 1,500 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Leicester or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 393 service connections. The operator address is listed in Leicester, Massachusetts.

Question 3

What type of violations does Hillcrest Water District have?

Accepted Answer

Hillcrest Water District has 191 total violations: 91 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 78 monitoring/reporting violations, and 4 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Hillcrest Water District water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Hillcrest Water District under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Hillcrest Water District use?

Accepted Answer

Hillcrest Water District uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Hillcrest Water District sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Hillcrest Water District ranks #15,921 of 29,740 by people served, and #305 of 418 in Massachusetts. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Hillcrest Water District's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Hillcrest Water District has 191 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 15% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 85% of that cohort has fewer violations than Hillcrest Water District. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Combined Uranium	MCL	35	2008
Arsenic	MCL	25	2009
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	21	2014
Coliform (TCR)	MR	16	2014
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	MCL	6	2006
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	4	2012
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TT	4	2009
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	2	2011
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	2	2011
Trichloroethylene	MR	2	2011
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	2	2011
Vinyl chloride	MR	2	2011
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	2011
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2011
Ethylbenzene	MR	2	2011
Toluene	MR	2	2011
Xylenes, Total	MR	2	2011
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	2	2011
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	2	2011
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	2	2014
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	2	2014
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	2	2011
Styrene	MR	2	2011
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	2011
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	2	2011
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2011
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	2011
TTHM	MR	2	2014
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	2	2011
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2011

Hillcrest Water District

Hillcrest Water District standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Health-based violations on Hillcrest Water District

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served