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Greenfield Water Department

Serves Greenfield, Franklin County, MA · 17,645 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Greenfield Water Department in the last ten years.

  • MA1114000
  • GREENFIELD
  • MA
  • 17,645 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 01301
EPA system ID MA1114000

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Greenfield Water Department draws water from 4 wells and 2 surface water intakes.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, May 2018.
  • Record on file since 1995, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 5,979 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
 Feb 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1995

EPA's records for Greenfield Water Department go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (1 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 79 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 45
2000s 1 34
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 0
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, began August 2016, Archived.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 2016 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2011 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 2003 Archived

Enforcement actions

Massachusetts regulators took 8 formal enforcement actions against Greenfield Water Department between 1996 and 2018. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in May 2018.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 15, 2018 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Apr 20, 2018 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule
Oct 28, 2016 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Mar 15, 2012 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule
Nov 4, 2003 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 34 violations: 1,2-Dichloropropane, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, CHLOROBENZENE, Benzene, Arsenic
May 2, 2003 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule
Apr 23, 1998 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 33 violations: Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, Dinoseb, Hexachlorocyclopentadiene, Aldicarb sulfoxide, Aldicarb
Feb 26, 1996 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 12 violations: Arsenic, Cadmium, Fluoride, Mercury, Beryllium, Total

Where the water comes from

Greenfield Water Department draws water from 4 wells and 2 surface water intakes. 2 other community water systems buy water from Greenfield Water Department.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Greenfield Water Department 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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