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MA · Tap water records
Townsend tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Townsend. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Townsend is served by 1 active community water system, together reported to serve about 6,500 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 25 violations across the community water system(s) serving Townsend, going back to the earliest EPA record. None were health-based; the records are monitoring or reporting violations (a required test or report was late or missed). Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Townsend Water Department
6,500 served · groundwater · PWSID MA2299000 - Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between January 2022 and April 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Manganese: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in October 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Gross Alpha, Incl. Radon and U: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Iron: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Nitrate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Perchlorate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Radium-226: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Radium-228: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between July 2015 and July 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.