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Framingham Water Dept. (MWRA)

Serves Framingham, Middlesex County, MA · 72,362 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Framingham Water Dept. (MWRA) in the last ten years.

  • MA3100000
  • FRAMINGHAM
  • MA
  • 72,362 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 01702
EPA system ID MA3100000

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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

  • Framingham Water Dept. (MWRA) buys its water from MWRA.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, June 2008.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 61 unknown out of 18,767 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 1992

EPA's records for Framingham Water Dept. (MWRA) go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (3 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 4 0
2000s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began January 1994, Resolved.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1994 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1993 Resolved
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 Framingham Water Dept. (MWRA) between 1993 and 2008. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 2008.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jun 24, 2008 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Coliform
Jun 29, 1993 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

Framingham Water Dept. (MWRA) buys its water from MWRA. EPA also lists 3 wells, all for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use.

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Annual water quality report

Framingham Water Dept. (MWRA) 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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Testing your own water

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