Community Water System · PWS MA4219000
Norwell Water Department
Operator location Norwell, Massachusetts - UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 27 violations and 11,495 people served.
- 11,495
- People served (this PWS)
- 27
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 7 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Norwell Water Department standing, mid SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 22% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #4,244 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Norwell Water Department lands in the middle third by violation volume (27), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (11,495; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 22% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #4,244 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #164 of 418
- Population · MA
- 27
- Total EPA violations on record
- 22%
- 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
- 3,798
- County
- Plymouth
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 6
- Monitoring Violations
- 9
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 6 | 2006 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 2005 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 1 | 2006 |
| TTHM | MR | 1 | 2006 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 1 | 2022 |
| Nitrite | MR | 1 | 1996 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Norwell Water Department has 27 recorded EPA violations, 39% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 60% carry more. 22% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 27), and it ranks #4,244 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)
27 Lower than most fewer violations than 60% 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. 24 of 174 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HFPO-DA | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/20/2023 | 9.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/20/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/20/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/20/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/20/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/20/2023 | 6.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| ADONA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/20/2023 | 9.90 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/20/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/20/2023 | 3.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/20/2023 | 18.40 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBS | 9/20/2023 | 7.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/20/2023 | 8.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/20/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/28/2023 | 8.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBA | 8/28/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/28/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/28/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/28/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/28/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/28/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/28/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/28/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/28/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/28/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/28/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/28/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/28/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/28/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/28/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/28/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/28/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/28/2023 | 3.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/28/2023 | 3.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/28/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Norwell Water Department
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS MA4219000 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
27 violations · 11,495 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 Norwell Water Department
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