Community Water System · PWS MA3254000
Rowley Water Department
Operator location Rowley, Massachusetts - 28% of 112 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 6,283 served per SDWIS.
- 6,283
- People served (this PWS)
- 112
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 31
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 7 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Rowley Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third
28% of 112 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 28% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #6,610 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Rowley Water Department sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (112), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (6,283; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 28% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #6,610 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #216 of 418
- Population · MA
- 112
- Total EPA violations on record
- 28%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
7 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 2,002
- County
- Essex
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 6
- Monitoring Violations
- 60
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 25
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 25 | 1999 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 6 | 2009 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 1999 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 2 | 2010 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Styrene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Toluene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2008 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 1 | 2014 |
| Atrazine | MR | 1 | 2019 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 1 | 2019 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 1 | 2019 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 1 | 2019 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 1 | 2019 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 1 | 2019 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 1 | 2019 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 1 | 2019 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 1 | 2019 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 1 | 2019 |
| Dalapon | MR | 1 | 2019 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 1 | 2019 |
| Diquat | MR | 1 | 2019 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Rowley Water Department has 112 recorded EPA violations, 75% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 24% carry more. 28% of this system's own violations are health-based (31 of 112), and it ranks #6,610 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)
112 Higher than most more violations than 75% 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. 12 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFDHA | 7/10/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/10/2023 | 3.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/10/2023 | 7.10 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/10/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/10/2023 | 9.10 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/10/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/10/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/10/2023 | 5.50 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| ADONA | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/10/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/10/2023 | 14.10 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/10/2023 | 5.10 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBA | 7/10/2023 | 6.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/10/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/10/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/10/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/10/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/10/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Rowley Water Department
31 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MA3254000.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · MassDEP, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
112 violations · 6,283 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
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 Rowley Water Department
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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