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Brookline Water and Sewer Division

Serves Brookline, Norfolk County, MA · 63,191 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Brookline Water and Sewer Division in the last ten years.

  • MA3046000
  • BROOKLINE
  • MA
  • 63,191 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 02445
EPA system ID MA3046000

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

Key facts

  • Brookline Water and Sewer Division buys its water from MWRA.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, February 2000.
  • Record on file since 1982, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 107 unknown out of 9,129 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1982

EPA's records for Brookline Water and Sewer Division go back to 1982. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (4 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 1
1990s 6 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began January 1999, Resolved.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1999 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1994 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1993 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1992 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1992 Archived
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1992 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Massachusetts regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Brookline Water and Sewer Division between 1993 and 2000. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 2000.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 9, 2000 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule
Jun 29, 1993 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

Brookline Water and Sewer Division buys its water from MWRA. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Brookline Water and Sewer Division 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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