Community Water System · PWS MA3073000
Dedham Westwood Water Dist.
Operator location Dedham, Massachusetts - larger served population (> 3,309) at 41,630 people served; 11 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 41,630
- People served (this PWS)
- 11
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 4 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Dedham Westwood Water Dist. standing, low SDWIS violation third
41,630 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 18% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #1,325 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Dedham Westwood Water Dist. is in the lower third by violation count (11; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is large (41,630; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 18% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- #1,325 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #46 of 418
- Population · MA
- 11
- Total EPA violations on record
- 18%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 13,313
- County
- Norfolk
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 2
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 2 | 2021 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 2 | 1994 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Dedham Westwood Water Dist. has 11 recorded EPA violations, 19% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 79% carry more. 18% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 11), and it ranks #1,325 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)
11 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 79% 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. 10 of 232 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFOA | 7/15/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/15/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/15/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/15/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/15/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/15/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/15/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/15/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/15/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/15/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/15/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/15/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/15/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/15/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/15/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/15/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/15/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/15/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/15/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/15/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/15/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Dedham Westwood Water Dist.
EPA SDWIS lists 41,630 people served and 13,313 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
11 violations · 41,630 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers
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 Dedham Westwood Water Dist.
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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