Is Georgetown Water Department Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Essex

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
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2018-07-01 → 2018-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2015-08-01 → 2015-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2015-07-01 → 2015-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-11-01 → 2009-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-11-01 → 2009-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1999-07-01 → 1999-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1998-10-01 → 1998-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1998-08-01 → 1998-08-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1997-01-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1997-01-01

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
TTHM	83.785 µg/L 105% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 104 µg/L	54/54	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	64.535 µg/L 108% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 86 µg/L	54/54	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	69.3 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 86.8 µg/L	49/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	33.72 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 51 µg/L	49/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	34.86 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 36.5 µg/L	48/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	13.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15.1 µg/L	47/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.84 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.57 µg/L	41/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.565 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.74 µg/L	31/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0060 mg/L 40% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	28/28	LCR	2025
Copper	395.2 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 416 µg/L	17/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	210 µg/L 2.1% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	14/16	SYR4	2012–2019

80 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-PF3ONSAdonaAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBromoformChlorobenzeneCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDibromoacetic AcidDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: COLIN STOKES
Phone: 9783525750
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Georgetown Water Department

Is Georgetown Water Department tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 11 contaminants in Georgetown Water Department'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 Georgetown Water Department's water?

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

How many people does Georgetown Water Department serve?

Georgetown Water Department reports serving 8,766 people in Massachusetts, per its EPA record.

Has Georgetown Water Department had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 73 violations on file for Georgetown Water Department, of which 10 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 1 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.