Public water system record
Maynard DPW, Water Division
Serves Maynard, Middlesex County, MA · 10,401 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Maynard DPW, Water Division 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
- 5
Key facts
- Maynard DPW, Water Division draws water from 6 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, August 2025.
- Record on file since 1994, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,979 unknown out of 4,371 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 29, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 29, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1994
EPA's records for Maynard DPW, Water Division go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (7 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 175 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | 159 |
| 2000s | 0 | 13 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 4 | 3 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2016, Resolved.
Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1999 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1996 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Massachusetts regulators took 13 formal enforcement actions against Maynard DPW, Water Division between 1995 and 2025, filed as 14 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2025 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jul 13, 2018 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Dec 20, 2017 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Feb 6, 2017 | Massachusetts | Compliance order with a penalty | 4 violations (4 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Dec 1, 2015 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Aug 29, 2007 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 13 violations: Beryllium, Total, Nickel, Thallium, Total, CYANIDE, Arsenic |
| Oct 14, 1999 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Sep 30, 1998 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 34 violations: Endrin, BHC-GAMMA, Dalapon, Diquat, Glyphosate |
| Mar 31, 1998 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 54 violations: BHC-GAMMA, Methoxychlor, Toxaphene, Dalapon, Diquat |
| Sep 16, 1997 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Mar 31, 1997 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 38 violations: p-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane |
| Oct 18, 1995 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 66 violations: Methoxychlor, Dalapon, Endothall, Glyphosate, Simazine |
Where the water comes from
Maynard DPW, Water Division draws water from 6 wells.
Annual water quality report
Maynard DPW, Water Division 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.
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.
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