Public water system record
Aquarion Water Company, Millbury
Serves an area of Worcester County, MA · 11,326 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Aquarion Water Company, Millbury in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
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
- Aquarion Water Company, Millbury draws water from 4 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, March 2021.
- Record on file since 1993, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,710 unknown out of 4,154 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
|
Jul 1, 2020 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Aquarion Water Company, Millbury go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 23 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 23 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began October 1995, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Massachusetts regulators took 6 formal enforcement actions against Aquarion Water Company, Millbury between 1998 and 2021. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2021.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2021 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Mar 4, 2020 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jun 14, 2002 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jun 16, 2000 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Sep 30, 1998 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 22 violations: Nitrate, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Xylenes, Total, DICHLOROMETHANE |
| Mar 31, 1998 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Aquarion Water Company, Millbury draws water from 4 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Worcester DPWP, Water Supply Division.
Buys water from
- Worcester DPWP, Water Supply Division Worcester, MA
Annual water quality report
Aquarion Water Company, Millbury 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