Community Water System · PWS MA4201000
City of New Bedford Dpi
Operator location New Bedford, Massachusetts - UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 12 violations and 101,079 people served.
- 101,079
- People served (this PWS)
- 12
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 1 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of New Bedford Dpi standing, low SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #483 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of New Bedford Dpi is in the lower third by violation count (12; 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 (101,079; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- #483 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #11 of 418
- Population · MA
- 12
- Total EPA violations on record
- 17%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 23,962
- County
- Bristol
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 0
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 1994 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of New Bedford Dpi has 12 recorded EPA violations, 21% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 78% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 12), and it ranks #483 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)
12 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 78% 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. 1 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:2 FTS | 8/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/7/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/7/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/7/2024 | 7.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFTA | 8/7/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/7/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/7/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/7/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/8/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/8/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/8/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/8/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/23/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/23/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/23/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for City of New Bedford Dpi
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS MA4201000 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
12 violations · 101,079 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).
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