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Provincetown Water Department

Serves an area of Barnstable County, MA that includes Provincetown · 22,250 people served

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

  • MA4242000
  • PROVINCETOWN
  • MA
  • 22,250 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 02657
EPA system ID MA4242000

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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

  • Provincetown Water Department draws water from 6 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, November 2009.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 166 unknown out of 4,210 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 1993

EPA's records for Provincetown Water Department go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (4 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 2 3
2000s 3 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 2009, Resolved.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2006 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1999 Archived
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1996 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Massachusetts regulators took 9 formal enforcement actions against Provincetown Water Department and issued 1 ban on new connections between 1990 and 2009, filed as 11 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2009.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 30, 2009 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Jun 9, 2009 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Coliform
May 16, 2007 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Jun 30, 2006 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Apr 10, 2001 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Coliform
Feb 22, 1999 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Aug 31, 1998 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Tetrachloroethylene
Feb 17, 1998 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule
Jun 23, 1993 Massachusetts Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Nitrite, Nitrate
May 7, 1990 Massachusetts Ban on new connections or service extensions 1 violation

Where the water comes from

Provincetown Water Department draws water from 6 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).

Annual water quality report

Provincetown 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.

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