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Quincy Water Dept. (MWRA)

Serves Quincy, Norfolk County, MA · 106,000 people served

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

  • MA3243000
  • QUINCY
  • MA
  • 106,000 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 02169
EPA system ID MA3243000

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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

  • Quincy Water Dept. (MWRA) buys its water from MWRA.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, May 1995.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 451 lead and 44 unknown out of 20,858 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 Quincy Water Dept. (MWRA) go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (3 resolved, 3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and no monitoring or reporting violations.

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

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began June 1996, Archived.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1996 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 1996 Archived
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 Quincy Water Dept. (MWRA) between 1993 and 1995. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in May 1995.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 24, 1995 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

Quincy Water Dept. (MWRA) buys its water from MWRA. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Quincy 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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