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Egremont Water Dept

Serves an area of Berkshire County, MA · 1,000 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Egremont Water Dept in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • MA1090000
  • SOUTH EGREMONT
  • MA
  • 1,000 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 01258
EPA system ID MA1090000

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Egremont Water Dept draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, March 2016.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 20 unknown out of 190 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2015 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Egremont Water Dept go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 37 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 1
2000s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 35

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, began October 2013, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2013 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2012 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1992 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Massachusetts regulators and EPA took 9 formal enforcement actions against Egremont Water Dept and issued 1 boil water order between 1994 and 2016. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2016.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 4, 2016 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Aug 26, 2015 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Aug 11, 2015 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 31 violations: Hexachlorocyclopentadiene, Picloram, Simazine, 2,3,7,8-TCDD, Nitrate
Nov 21, 2012 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule
Sep 8, 2010 Massachusetts Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Aug 14, 2009 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Sep 28, 1998 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (1 health-based): Miscellaneous Other Rules, Surface Water Treatment Rule
Dec 24, 1997 Massachusetts Boil water order 1 violation
Oct 31, 1996 Massachusetts Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Miscellaneous Other Rules
Feb 4, 1994 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

Egremont Water Dept draws water from 1 surface water intake.

Annual water quality report

Egremont Water Dept 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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Testing your own water

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