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Toria Heights Condominium

Serves an area of Worcester County, MA · 60 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Toria Heights Condominium in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Groundwater Rule violation.

  • MA2226007
  • OXFORD
  • MA
  • 60 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 01540
EPA system ID MA2226007

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Toria Heights Condominium draws water from 1 well.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, September 2022.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 18 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 140 Feb 2, 2024 Resolved No
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Contaminant limit exceeded
 110 Sep 1, 2022 Resolved Yes

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 2, 2024 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 24, 2022 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Toria Heights Condominium go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 38 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 9
2000s 0 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 26
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 2 3

Enforcement actions

Massachusetts regulators took 11 formal enforcement actions against Toria Heights Condominium between 1996 and 2022. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in September 2022.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 13, 2022 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Revised Total Coliform Rule
Aug 15, 2022 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Sep 25, 2017 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Dec 8, 2011 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Coliform
Dec 11, 2009 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Jul 22, 2008 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Mar 4, 2002 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Coliform
Aug 31, 1999 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Mar 22, 1999 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule
Mar 31, 1998 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 5 violations: Lead and Copper Rule
Sep 27, 1996 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Nitrite

What the violations mean

Groundwater Rule

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Groundwater Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Revised Total Coliform Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule

Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system

Where the water comes from

Toria Heights Condominium draws water from 1 well.

Annual water quality report

Toria Heights Condominium 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Toria Heights Condominium for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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