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Byfield Water District

Serves an area of Essex County, MA · 2,228 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Byfield Water District in the last ten years.

  • MA3205001
  • BYFIELD
  • MA
  • 2,228 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 01922
EPA system ID MA3205001

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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

  • Byfield Water District draws water from 4 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, November 2019.
  • Record on file since 1995, with 4 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 454 unknown out of 812 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
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2019 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1995

EPA's records for Byfield Water District go back to 1995. Before October 20, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 23 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 4 21
2010 to October 19, 2016 0 2
October 20, 2016 to 2019 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 20, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 1997, Archived.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 20, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 1997 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1996 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1995 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1995 Archived

Enforcement actions

Massachusetts regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Byfield Water District between 1997 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 5, 2019 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Oct 1, 1997 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 21 violations: 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Xylenes, Total, p-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride

Where the water comes from

Byfield Water District draws water from 4 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also has an emergency connection to Georgetown Water Department.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Byfield Water District 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.

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