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Woburn Water Dept.

Serves Woburn, Middlesex County, MA · 40,876 people served

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

  • MA3347000
  • WOBURN
  • MA
  • 40,876 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 01801
EPA system ID MA3347000

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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

  • Woburn Water Dept. draws water from 10 wells (5 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, October 2007.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 261 unknown out of 11,689 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 1991

EPA's records for Woburn Water Dept. go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (3 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 16 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 5 14
2000s 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began January 1997, Resolved.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1997 Resolved
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
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1991 Archived

Enforcement actions

Massachusetts regulators took 7 formal enforcement actions against Woburn Water Dept. between 1993 and 2007. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2007.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 31, 2007 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Jan 22, 2002 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule
Feb 12, 2001 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Nitrate
Feb 17, 1998 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule
Aug 27, 1997 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 12 violations: Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, Chromium (total), Fluoride
Jul 15, 1996 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 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

Woburn Water Dept. draws water from 10 wells (5 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from MWRA.

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Annual water quality report

Woburn Water Dept. 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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