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Salisbury Water Division

Serves an area of Essex County, MA that includes Salisbury · 20,000 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Salisbury Water Division in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • MA3259000
  • SALISBURY
  • MA
  • 20,000 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 01952
EPA system ID MA3259000

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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

  • Salisbury Water Division draws water from 4 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, October 2023.
  • Record on file since 2002, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,017 unknown out of 4,139 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
ENTEROCOCCI
Monitoring and reporting
 Aug 1, 2023 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 2002

EPA's records for Salisbury Water Division go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 32 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 31
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
2020s 0 1

Enforcement actions

Massachusetts regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Salisbury Water Division between 2003 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 6, 2023 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: ENTEROCOCCI
Nov 6, 2014 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Aug 1, 2008 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Feb 21, 2003 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 30 violations: ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE, Chlordane, Methoxychlor, Toxaphene, Dalapon

Where the water comes from

Salisbury Water Division draws water from 4 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Amesbury DPW Water Div.

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Annual water quality report

Salisbury Water 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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Testing your own water

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