Community Water System · PWS MA3206000
Newburyport Water Department
Operator location Newburyport, Massachusetts - UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 74 violations and 20,335 people served.
- 20,335
- People served (this PWS)
- 74
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 2 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Newburyport Water Department standing, mid SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 7% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #2,677 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Newburyport Water Department lands in the middle third by violation volume (74), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (20,335; 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 2 PFAS compounds (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- #2,677 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #113 of 418
- Population · MA
- 74
- 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.
2 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 8,494
- County
- Essex
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 65
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 1992 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Diquat | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Picloram | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Atrazine | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 2010 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2022 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 2 | 1993 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Simazine | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| LASSO | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Endrin | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 2 | 2009 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Newburyport Water Department has 74 recorded EPA violations, 66% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 33% carry more. 7% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 74), and it ranks #2,677 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)
74 Around the middle fewer violations than 33% 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. 3 of 174 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADONA | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/1/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/1/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/1/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/1/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/1/2024 | 3.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/1/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/1/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/1/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/1/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/1/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/1/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/1/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/1/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/1/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/1/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/1/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/1/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/1/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/1/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/1/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/1/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/1/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/1/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/1/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/1/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/1/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/1/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/1/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/1/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/1/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/1/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/1/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/1/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Newburyport Water Department
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS MA3206000 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · MassDEP, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
74 violations · 20,335 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 Newburyport Water Department
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