Question 1

Is Pilot Travel Center water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Pilot Travel Center (PWS ID: MA2287024) has 72 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 3,000 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Pilot Travel Center serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Pilot Travel Center serves 3,000 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Knoxville or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 3 service connections. The operator address is listed in Knoxville, Massachusetts.

Question 3

What type of violations does Pilot Travel Center have?

Accepted Answer

Pilot Travel Center has 72 total violations: 9 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 56 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 Pilot Travel Center water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Pilot Travel Center under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Pilot Travel Center use?

Accepted Answer

Pilot Travel Center uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Non-Transient Non-Community Water System, serving the same people for at least 6 months per year.

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 Pilot Travel Center sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Pilot Travel Center ranks #10,616 of 29,740 by people served, and #271 of 418 in Massachusetts. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Pilot Travel Center's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Pilot Travel Center has 72 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 34% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 66% of that cohort has fewer violations than Pilot Travel Center. 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
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	8	2022
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	5	2009
Lead and Copper Rule	TT	4	1994
Coliform (TCR)	MR	2	2003
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2014
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	2	2014
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2014
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	2	2014
Styrene	MR	2	2014
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	2014
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	2	2014
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	2	2014
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	2014
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	2	2014
Vinyl chloride	MR	2	2014
Ethylbenzene	MR	2	2014
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	2	2014
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	2	2014
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	2014
Toluene	MR	2	2014
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	2014
Xylenes, Total	MR	2	2014
Trichloroethylene	MR	2	2014
Benzene	MR	2	2014
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	2	2014
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	2	2023
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	2	2014

Pilot Travel Center

Pilot Travel Center standing, mid SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Health-based violations on Pilot Travel Center

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems near this violation count

Cross-state systems near this population served