Community Water System · PWS MA3347000
Woburn Water Dept.
Operator location Woburn, Massachusetts - 33% of 46 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 40,876 served per SDWIS.
- 40,876
- People served (this PWS)
- 46
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 15
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 6 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Woburn Water Dept. standing, mid SDWIS violation third
33% of 46 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 33% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #1,348 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Woburn Water Dept. lands in the middle third by violation volume (46), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (40,876; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 33% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #1,348 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #48 of 418
- Population · MA
- 46
- Total EPA violations on record
- 33%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
6 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 11,832
- County
- Middlesex
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 19
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 13
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 12 | 1997 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 1991 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 1 | 1992 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1997 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1997 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1997 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1997 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 1997 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1997 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 1 | 1997 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 1997 |
| Nickel | MR | 1 | 1997 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 1 | 1997 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 2000 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 1 | 1997 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1997 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Woburn Water Dept. has 46 recorded EPA violations, 54% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 45% carry more. 33% of this system's own violations are health-based (15 of 46), and it ranks #1,348 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)
46 Around the middle fewer violations than 45% 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. 9 of 174 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFMBA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/22/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/22/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/22/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/22/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/22/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/22/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/22/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/22/2025 | 3.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/22/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/22/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/22/2025 | 3.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| ADONA | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/22/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/22/2025 | 7.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFTA | 7/22/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Woburn Water Dept.
15 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MA3347000.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · MassDEP, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
46 violations · 40,876 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 Woburn Water Dept.
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