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Attleboro Water Dept

Serves Attleboro and North Attleborough Town, Bristol County, MA · 46,654 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and no monitoring/reporting issues for Attleboro Water Dept in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • MA4016000
  • ATTLEBORO
  • MA
  • 46,654 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 02703
EPA system ID MA4016000

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Attleboro Water Dept draws water from 10 wells and 4 surface water intakes (10 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, November 2018.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,402 unknown out of 14,542 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 220 Oct 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Attleboro Water Dept go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (1 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 12 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 2 0
2000s 0 12
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 1992, Archived.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1992 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1992 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Massachusetts regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Attleboro Water Dept between 2007 and 2018. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2018.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 26, 2018 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Apr 12, 2007 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 12 violations: Beryllium, Total, Thallium, Total, Arsenic, Selenium, Cadmium

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

1 incident

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Attleboro Water Dept draws water from 10 wells and 4 surface water intakes (10 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also has an emergency connection to Mansfield Water Division. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Attleboro Water Dept.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Attleboro 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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