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Plymouth Water Department

Serves an area of Plymouth County, MA that includes Plymouth and North Plymouth · 46,799 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Plymouth Water Department in the last ten years.

  • MA4239000
  • PLYMOUTH
  • MA
  • 46,799 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 02360
EPA system ID MA4239000

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Plymouth Water Department draws water from 13 wells and 2 surface water intakes (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, November 2019.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 228 lead and 2,391 unknown out of 14,989 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
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Plymouth Water Department go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (4 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 6 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began September 1998, Archived.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1998 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 1997 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1996 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1995 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1993 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1993 Archived

Enforcement actions

Massachusetts regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Plymouth Water Department between 1999 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 22, 2019 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Aug 16, 2017 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Jan 7, 1999 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Plymouth Water Department draws water from 13 wells and 2 surface water intakes (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).

Annual water quality report

Plymouth 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

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