Public water system record
Danvers Water Dept.
Serves Danvers, Essex County, MA · 28,087 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Danvers Water Dept. 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
- 1
Key facts
- Danvers Water Dept. draws water from 4 wells and 3 surface water intakes (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, November 2025.
- Record on file since 1981, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 8,377 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, 2025 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
Full record since 1981
EPA's records for Danvers Water Dept. go back to 1981. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (3 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 29 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 3 | 1 |
| 2000s | 2 | 18 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 2002, Archived.
Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 2002 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2000 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1992 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Massachusetts regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Danvers Water Dept. between 2002 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 2025 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| May 2, 2011 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 8 violations: 53-IODINE-131, Radium-226, Gross Beta Particle Activity, Combined Uranium, 38-STRONTIUM-90 |
| Nov 16, 2007 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Oct 23, 2007 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 17 violations: Chromium (total), Beryllium, Total, Nickel, Nitrate, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Dec 16, 2002 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Danvers Water Dept. draws water from 4 wells and 3 surface water intakes (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board. 1 other community water system buys water from Danvers Water Dept.
Buys water from
- Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board Beverly, MA
Community systems that buy water from it
- Middleton Water Dept. Middleton, MA
Annual water quality report
Danvers Water Dept. 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