Public water system record
Devens Massdevelopment
Serves Devens, Middlesex County and Worcester County, MA · 6,500 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Devens Massdevelopment in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- Devens Massdevelopment draws water from 3 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, July 2022.
- Record on file since 1992, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 407 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation 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 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2021 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Devens Massdevelopment go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (1 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 34 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 33 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began March 2016, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1992 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Massachusetts regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Devens Massdevelopment between 1994 and 2022. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2022.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2022 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Sep 30, 1998 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 12 violations: Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, Chromium (total), CYANIDE |
| Dec 7, 1994 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations: cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, DICHLOROMETHANE, p-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride, 1,1-Dichloroethylene |
Where the water comes from
Devens Massdevelopment draws water from 3 wells. 2 other community water systems buy water from Devens Massdevelopment.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Ayer DPW Water Division Ayer, MA
- Mci Shirley Milford, MA
Annual water quality report
Devens Massdevelopment 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.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Massachusetts.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells