Public water system record
Templeton Munic. Light and Water Plant
Serves an area of Worcester County, MA that includes Baldwinville · 6,152 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Templeton Munic. Light and Water Plant 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
- 0
Key facts
- Templeton Munic. Light and Water Plant draws water from 4 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, January 2017.
- Record on file since 1995, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 302 unknown out of 2,426 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1995
EPA's records for Templeton Munic. Light and Water Plant go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 137 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 57 |
| 2000s | 0 | 77 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 3 |
Enforcement actions
Massachusetts regulators took 8 formal enforcement actions against Templeton Munic. Light and Water Plant and issued 1 ban on new connections between 1993 and 2017, filed as 10 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2017.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2017 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Oct 12, 2004 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations: DICHLOROMETHANE, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Carbon tetrachloride, Trichloroethylene, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane |
| Jan 14, 2003 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 35 violations: Arsenic, Barium, Chromium (total), Mercury, Nickel |
| Mar 4, 2002 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations: 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, Carbon tetrachloride, 1,2-Dichloropropane, Trichloroethylene, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane |
| Mar 22, 1999 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations: DICHLOROMETHANE, Vinyl chloride, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, Carbon tetrachloride, 1,2-Dichloropropane |
| Sep 30, 1998 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Sep 27, 1996 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 34 violations: Endrin, BHC-GAMMA, Methoxychlor, Diquat, Endothall |
| Apr 22, 1996 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| May 14, 1993 | Massachusetts | Ban on new connections or service extensions | 1 violation |
Where the water comes from
Templeton Munic. Light and Water Plant draws water from 4 wells.
Annual water quality report
Templeton Munic. Light and Water Plant 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