Public water system record
Medway Water Department
Serves an area of Norfolk County, MA · 13,115 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Medway Water Department 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
- 1
Key facts
- Medway Water Department draws water from 5 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, August 2017.
- Record on file since 1993, with 14 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,228 unknown out of 3,728 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Medway Water Department go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 14 health-based violations (7 resolved, 7 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 224 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 180 |
| 2000s | 11 | 41 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 3 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 2014, Resolved.
Show all 14 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 2006 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 2006 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2006 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2005 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2005 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2004 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2000 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1994 | Archived |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Massachusetts regulators took 20 formal enforcement actions against Medway Water Department between 1996 and 2017, filed as 22 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2017.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2017 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Aug 30, 2011 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Dec 14, 2009 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine |
| May 22, 2009 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Radium-226, Radium-228 |
| Mar 23, 2009 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Coliform |
| Dec 5, 2008 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Oct 7, 2008 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Feb 19, 2008 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 30 violations: Endrin, Heptachlor epoxide, Pentachlorophenol, Toxaphene, 2,4,5-TP |
| Jan 25, 2007 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Dec 20, 2006 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Sep 6, 2006 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Sep 9, 2005 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Oct 21, 2004 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Aug 31, 2004 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Mar 25, 2004 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Nitrate |
| Feb 7, 2001 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Mar 31, 1998 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 42 violations: 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, Tetrachloroethylene, CHLOROBENZENE, Benzene, Toluene |
| Dec 24, 1997 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
| Sep 27, 1996 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 71 violations: Carbofuran, Atrazine, LASSO, Heptachlor epoxide, 2,4-D |
| Apr 22, 1996 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 67 violations: Heptachlor epoxide, 2,4-D, HEXACHLOROBENZENE, Benzo(a)pyrene, Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Medway Water Department draws water from 5 wells.
Annual water quality report
Medway 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.
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