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Sports Haven Mobile Home Park

Serves an area of Hampshire County, MA · 107 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 7 monitoring/reporting issues for Sports Haven Mobile Home Park in the last ten years, including an unresolved Groundwater Rule violation.

  • MA1024001
  • BELCHERTOWN
  • MA
  • 107 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 01007
EPA system ID MA1024001

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
1
Unresolved
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
7

Key facts

  • Sports Haven Mobile Home Park draws water from 3 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, September 2018.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 7 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 52 unknown out of 52 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique failure
 110 Jul 21, 2016 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 140 Jan 29, 2014 Active
Enforcement action in place
 No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Oct 23, 2018 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Sep 21, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2016 Active
Enforcement action in place
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 1, 2015 Active
Enforcement action in place
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2015 Active
Enforcement action in place
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2015 Active
Enforcement action in place
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2013 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Sports Haven Mobile Home Park go back to 1991. Before October 20, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (2 resolved, 1 not resolved, 4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 154 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 112
2000s 0 1
2010 to October 19, 2016 6 41
October 20, 2016 to 2019 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 20, 2016: Revised Total Coliform Rule, began July 2016, Resolved.

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 20, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 21, 2016 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 2014 Archived
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 29, 2014 Active
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 2013 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 2013 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1991 Archived

Enforcement actions

Massachusetts regulators took 21 formal enforcement actions against Sports Haven Mobile Home Park between 1996 and 2018, filed as 25 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in September 2018.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 24, 2018 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (1 health-based): Revised Total Coliform Rule
Nov 9, 2016 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule, Groundwater Rule
Jul 21, 2016 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Apr 15, 2016 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Coliform, Nitrate
Apr 14, 2016 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Mar 23, 2016 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Coliform
Mar 14, 2016 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 9 violations: Total Coliform, Nitrate, Lead and Copper Rule
Feb 8, 2016 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Nitrate
Jan 15, 2016 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Coliform
Dec 23, 2015 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Dec 22, 2015 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 5 violations: Total Coliform
Jul 3, 2014 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 8 violations (3 health-based): Total Coliform
Mar 11, 2014 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 6 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform
Mar 11, 2014 Massachusetts Administrative penalty 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Dec 12, 2013 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Jul 23, 2010 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Oct 10, 2006 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Nov 6, 1998 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 12 violations: Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, CYANIDE, Fluoride
Oct 16, 1996 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 21 violations: Xylenes, Total, o-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane
Oct 8, 1996 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 67 violations: Endrin, BHC-GAMMA, Methoxychlor, Glyphosate, Simazine
Jul 9, 1996 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 12 violations: Fluoride, Mercury, Nickel, Thallium, Total, Arsenic

What the violations mean

Revised Total Coliform Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule

Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system

Groundwater Rule

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Groundwater Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Sports Haven Mobile Home Park draws water from 3 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).

Annual water quality report

Sports Haven Mobile Home Park must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Sports Haven Mobile Home Park for a copy.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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