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Amesbury DPW Water Div.

Serves Amesbury, Essex County, MA · 17,366 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Amesbury DPW Water Div. in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • MA3007000
  • AMESBURY
  • MA
  • 17,366 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 01913
EPA system ID MA3007000

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Amesbury DPW Water Div. draws water from 2 wells and 2 surface water intakes.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, December 2023.
  • Record on file since 2006, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 4,421 unknown out of 5,974 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2023 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 2006

EPA's records for Amesbury DPW Water Div. go back to 2006. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 26 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 23
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 3
2020s 0 1

Enforcement actions

Massachusetts regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Amesbury DPW Water Div. between 2006 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 1, 2023 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Jan 24, 2012 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Coliform
Jul 21, 2009 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Jun 24, 2008 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Coliform
May 3, 2006 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 21 violations: Benzene, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloropropane, Ethylbenzene, Styrene

Where the water comes from

Amesbury DPW Water Div. draws water from 2 wells and 2 surface water intakes. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Amesbury DPW Water Div.

Annual water quality report

Amesbury DPW Water Div. 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.

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