Is Palmer Water District no.1 Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Hampden

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Archived	2025-01-01 → 2025-01-31
TT	Health-based	Archived	2024-12-01 → 2024-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1992-01-01 → 1995-05-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-10-01 → 2019-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-10-01 → 2019-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1994-07-01 → 1994-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1994-07-01 → 1994-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1994-07-01 → 1994-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1994-07-01 → 1994-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1994-07-01 → 1994-09-30

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	19.9625 µg/L 33% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 23.09 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	9.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.6 µg/L	62/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	20.515 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 25 µg/L	62/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	4.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.6 µg/L	62/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	8.6885 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.9 µg/L	62/62	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	34.075 µg/L 43% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 38.3 µg/L	62/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	10.315 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.4 µg/L	60/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	496.3 µg/L 5% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 581 µg/L	32/50	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	0.9000 µg/L No EPA limit set	19/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.705 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.72 µg/L	16/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0049 mg/L 33% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2024
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	26.06 µg/L 37% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L worst single sample: 30.2 µg/L	10/56	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	16.575 µg/L 1.3% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 16.6 µg/L	6/24	SYR4	2013–2018
Tetrachloroethylene	1.39 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 1.48 µg/L	6/56	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroethylene	3.152 µg/L 63% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 3.34 µg/L	5/56	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	16.23 µg/L 0.8% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 16.3 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2012–2013
Chromium	2.1 µg/L 2.1% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2012–2013
Fluoride	140 µg/L 3.5% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2012–2013

84 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, TotalLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BRANDON D JENKINS
Phone: 4132838411
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Palmer Water District no.1

Is Palmer Water District no.1 tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 18 contaminants in Palmer Water District no.1's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Palmer Water District no.1's water?

EPA monitoring detected Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, Dichloroacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Palmer Water District no.1 serve?

Palmer Water District no.1 reports serving 4,789 people in Massachusetts, per its EPA record.

Has Palmer Water District no.1 had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 17 violations on file for Palmer Water District no.1, of which 3 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.