Public water system record
Bourne Water District
Serves Pocasset, Monument Beach, Bourne and 1 more place, Barnstable County, MA · 22,500 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Bourne Water District in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- Bourne Water District draws water from 7 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, February 2013.
- Record on file since 1995, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 6,207 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1995
EPA's records for Bourne Water District go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 26 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 3 |
| 2000s | 1 | 21 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 2012, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2007 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Massachusetts regulators took 6 formal enforcement actions against Bourne Water District between 1999 and 2013. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 2013.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2013 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Aug 10, 2012 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Nov 2, 2011 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Feb 4, 2008 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Nov 15, 2006 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations: trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloropropane, Styrene, Tetrachloroethylene, p-Dichlorobenzene |
| Feb 12, 1999 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Bourne Water District draws water from 7 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Upper Cape Regional Water Cooperative. 2 other community water systems buy water from Bourne Water District.
Buys water from
- Upper Cape Regional Water Cooperative Sandwich, MA
Community systems that buy water from it
- Barnstable County Jail Bourne, MA
- Schooner Pass Trustees Condominiums Raynham, MA
Annual water quality report
Bourne Water District 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