Community Water System · PWS MA4307000
Walpole Water Dept
Operator location Walpole, Massachusetts - UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 67 violations and 24,070 people served.
- 24,070
- People served (this PWS)
- 67
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 8
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 6 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Walpole Water Dept standing, mid SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #2,320 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Walpole Water Dept lands in the middle third by violation volume (67), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (24,070; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #2,320 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #97 of 418
- Population · MA
- 67
- Total EPA violations on record
- 12%
- 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
- 8,307
- County
- Norfolk
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 7
- Monitoring Violations
- 48
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 7 | 2013 |
| Fluoride | MR | 2 | 2013 |
| Arsenic | MR | 2 | 2013 |
| Mercury | MR | 2 | 2013 |
| Barium | MR | 2 | 2013 |
| Cadmium | MR | 2 | 2013 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 2 | 2013 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 2 | 2013 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| Selenium | MR | 2 | 2013 |
| Chromium | MR | 2 | 2013 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 2 | 2013 |
| Nickel | MR | 2 | 2013 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 2 | 2013 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Benzene | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 1 | 1998 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Walpole Water Dept has 67 recorded EPA violations, 64% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 36% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 67), and it ranks #2,320 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)
67 Around the middle fewer violations than 36% 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. 14 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFEESA | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/14/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/14/2023 | 13.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/14/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/14/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/14/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/14/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/14/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/14/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/14/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/14/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/14/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/14/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/14/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/14/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/14/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/14/2023 | 7.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 8/14/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/14/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/14/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/14/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/14/2023 | 4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 8/14/2023 | 4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/14/2023 | 3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/14/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Walpole Water Dept
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS MA4307000 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
67 violations · 24,070 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 Walpole Water Dept
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