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PWS ID	MA3199000
PWS Name	NEEDHAM WATER DEPT
PWS Type	Community water system
Owner Type	Local government
Primary Source	Surface water purchased
Primacy Type	State
Is Wholesaler?	No
Population Served	33130
County Served	Norfolk

The tables below list all violations that the state reported to EPA for this water system. Health-based violations are listed first, followed by treatment technique, MRDL, monitoring, reporting, and other violations.

Health-based	Violations of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) or maximum residual disinfectant levels (MRDLs), which specify the highest concentrations of contaminants or disinfectants, respectively, allowed in drinking water; or of treatment technique (TT) rules, which specify required processes intended to reduce the amounts of contaminants in drinking water. MCLs, MRDLs, and treatment technique rules are all health-based drinking water standards.
Maximum Contaminant Level or MCL	The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.
Treatment Technique	A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.
Maximum residual disinfectant level or MRDL	The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.
Monitoring & reporting	Failure to conduct regular monitoring of drinking water quality, as required by SDWA, or to submit monitoring results in a timely fashion to the primacy agency or EPA.
Public notification & other	Failure to provide notification to the public as required by the Violations of Public Notification Rule and the Consumer Confidence Report Rule, and violations of other requirements such as those violations related to variances and exemptions.

Violations

Violation Category Code	Violation Type Description	Rule Name	Contaminant Name	Violation ID	Compliance Status Description	Compliance Period Begin Date	Compliance Period End Date	Is Health Based Ind
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Vinyl chloride	31	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	p-Dichlorobenzene	41	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	34	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,2-Dichloroethane	28	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,1,1-Trichloroethane	30	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Carbon tetrachloride	26	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,2-Dichloropropane	36	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Trichloroethylene	29	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,1,2-Trichloroethane	45	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Tetrachloroethylene	39	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	CHLOROBENZENE	32	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Benzene	25	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Toluene	40	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Ethylbenzene	37	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Styrene	38	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	47	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	35	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Xylenes, Total	42	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	DICHLOROMETHANE	43	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	o-Dichlorobenzene	33	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,1-Dichloroethylene	27	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-2013	30-SEP-2013	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Vinyl chloride	8	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,1-Dichloroethylene	4	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	11	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,2-Dichloroethane	5	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,1,1-Trichloroethane	7	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Carbon tetrachloride	3	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,2-Dichloropropane	13	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Trichloroethylene	6	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,1,2-Trichloroethane	22	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Tetrachloroethylene	16	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	CHLOROBENZENE	9	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Benzene	2	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Toluene	17	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Ethylbenzene	14	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Styrene	15	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	24	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	o-Dichlorobenzene	10	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	DICHLOROMETHANE	20	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	p-Dichlorobenzene	18	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	12	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Xylenes, Total	19	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2012	31-MAR-2012	No
MR	Monitoring, Routine Major (TCR)	Total Coliform Rule	Coliform (TCR)	1	Known	01-MAY-2008	31-MAY-2008	No
TT	OCCT/SOWT Treatment Installation/Demonstration	Lead and Copper Rule	Lead and Copper Rule	99V0001	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-1997	-	Yes
TT	Public Education	Lead and Copper Rule	Lead and Copper Rule	94V0002	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-1994	-	Yes
TT	OCCT/SOWT Study/Recommendation	Lead and Copper Rule	Lead and Copper Rule	94V0001	Returned to Compliance	01-JUL-1993	-	Yes
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Radionuclides and Revised Rad Rule	Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	9220005	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-1992	31-MAR-1992	No
TT	Failure to Filter (SWTR)	Surface Water Treatment Rule	Surface Water Treatment Rule	9799999	Known	01-JAN-1992	05-MAY-2000	Yes

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Enforcement Actions

Latest Enforcement ID	Associated To Violation ID	Enforcement Action Type Code	Enforcement Action Description	Enforcement Date	Originator Description	Enforcement Comment
34	38	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	42	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	36	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	35	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	34	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	33	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	32	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	31	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	30	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	29	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	28	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	27	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	26	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	25	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	43	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	45	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	39	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	47	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	40	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	41	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
34	37	SOX	State Compliance achieved	20-DEC-2013	State	EPA RTC
35	24	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	22	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	20	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	18	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	17	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	16	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	15	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	14	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	13	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	12	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	11	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	10	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	9	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	8	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	7	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	6	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	5	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	4	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	3	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	2	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
35	19	SOX	State Compliance achieved	02-MAY-2012	State	EPA RTC
28	1	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	24-JUN-2008	State	MISSING BACTERIOLOGICAL REPORT FOR MAY 2008
17	94V0002	SOX	State Compliance achieved	24-APR-2001	State	-
17	94V0001	SOX	State Compliance achieved	24-APR-2001	State	-
17	99V0001	SOX	State Compliance achieved	24-APR-2001	State	-
9799999	9799999	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	29-JUN-1993	ODSWeb	-
9240008	9220005	SOX	State Compliance achieved	01-JUN-1992	State	-

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All Facilities

Facility Name	Facility ID	Is Source	Facility Type Description	Water Type Description	Availability Description	Facility Activity Status
MWRA SUPPLY	11	Yes	Consecutive Connection	Surface water	Permanent	Active
CHARLES RIVER WELL 2 (STATION 3)	4	Yes	Well	Ground water	Permanent	Active
CHARLES RIVER WELL 3 (STATION 5)	2	Yes	Well	Ground water	Permanent	Active
CHARLES RIVER WELL 3A (STATION 5)	17	Yes	Well	Ground water	Permanent	Active
CHARLES RIVER WELL 1A (STATION 2)	14	Yes	Well	Ground water	Permanent	Active
DEDHAM AVE. DUG WELLS	3	Yes	Well	Ground water	Emergency	Inactive
CHARLES R. WELL 1 (STA.2)	1	Yes	Well	Ground water	Emergency	Inactive
CHARLES RIVER WELL 3 (STATION 5) PUMP	15	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
ST. MARYS MWRA PUMP #4	16	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
CHARLES RIVER WELL 3A (STATION 5) PUMP	18	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
SAINT MARYS ST PUMP STATION	19	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
CHARLES RIVER WELL 1A (STATION 2)	20	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
ST.MARYS PUMP STATION	21	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
CHARLES RIVER. WELL 1 (STA.2) PUMP	5	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
CHARLES RIVER WELL 2 (STATION 3) PUMP	6	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
CHARLES RIVER WELL 1A (STATION 2) PUMP	7	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
ST.MARYS MWRA PUMP #3	8	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
BIRDS HILL STORAGE TANK	10	No	Storage	-	-	Active
DUNSTER ROAD STORAGE TANK	9	No	Storage	-	-	Active
CHARLES RIVER WELLFIELD WTF	12	No	Treatment Plant	-	-	Active

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Treatment Processes

Facility Name	Facility ID	Treatment Process	Treatment Objective
CHARLES RIVER WELLFIELD WTF	12	Hypochlorination, Post	Disinfection
CHARLES RIVER WELLFIELD WTF	12	Filtration, Greensand	Manganese removal
CHARLES RIVER WELLFIELD WTF	12	pH Adjustment, Post	Corrosion control
CHARLES RIVER WELLFIELD WTF	12	Fluoridation	Other
CHARLES RIVER WELLFIELD WTF	12	Inhibitor, Orthophosphate	Corrosion control
CHARLES RIVER WELLFIELD WTF	12	Hypochlorination, Pre	Disinfection

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