Public water system record
Wayland Water Department
Serves an area of Middlesex County, MA that includes Cochituate · 13,196 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Wayland Water Department 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
- Wayland Water Department draws water from 9 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, February 2023.
- Record on file since 1991, with 11 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,195 unknown out of 5,188 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, 2022 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Wayland Water Department go back to 1991. Before October 20, 2016 they list 11 health-based violations (3 resolved, 8 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 45 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 | 1 |
| 2000s | 3 | 44 |
| 2010 to October 19, 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 20, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 2012, Resolved.
Show all 11 health-based violations before October 20, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2005 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2005 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 2001 | Archived |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1994 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1993 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1991 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Massachusetts regulators took 14 formal enforcement actions against Wayland Water Department between 1993 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2023 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Sep 17, 2012 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Sep 26, 2011 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jul 16, 2009 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Jan 7, 2008 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Feb 27, 2007 | Massachusetts | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jan 23, 2006 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Dec 16, 2005 | Massachusetts | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Feb 6, 2002 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations: p-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane |
| Jul 6, 2001 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Aug 7, 2000 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations: 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, DICHLOROMETHANE, o-Dichlorobenzene, p-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride |
| Sep 23, 1997 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jul 18, 1996 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Asbestos |
| Jul 27, 1993 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Wayland Water Department draws water from 9 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Wayland Water Department 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