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PWS ID	MA3205001
PWS Name	BYFIELD WATER DISTRICT
PWS Type	Community water system
Owner Type	Local government
Primary Source	Ground water
Primacy Type	State
Is Wholesaler?	No
Population Served	2228
County Served	Essex

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	Radionuclides and Revised Rad Rule	Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	3	Known	01-JUL-2019	30-SEP-2019	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Arsenic Rule	Arsenic	2	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2014	31-MAR-2014	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Radionuclides and Revised Rad Rule	Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	1	Returned to Compliance	01-JAN-2014	31-MAR-2014	No
MCL	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR)	Total Coliform Rule	Coliform (TCR)	98V0001	Known	01-NOV-1997	30-NOV-1997	Yes
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Vinyl chloride	97V0037	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Ethylbenzene	97V0053	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Toluene	97V0052	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	97V0010	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	97V0011	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Xylenes, Total	97V0029	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	DICHLOROMETHANE	97V0031	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	o-Dichlorobenzene	97V0035	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	p-Dichlorobenzene	97V0036	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Styrene	97V0056	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,1-Dichloroethylene	97V0038	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	97V0040	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,2-Dichloroethane	97V0041	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,1,1-Trichloroethane	97V0042	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Carbon tetrachloride	97V0043	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,2-Dichloropropane	97V0044	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Trichloroethylene	97V0045	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	1,1,2-Trichloroethane	97V0046	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Tetrachloroethylene	97V0048	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	CHLOROBENZENE	97V0050	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MR	Monitoring, Regular	Volatile Organic Chemicals	Benzene	97V0051	Known	01-APR-1997	30-JUN-1997	No
MCL	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR)	Total Coliform Rule	Coliform (TCR)	96V0003	Known	01-AUG-1996	31-AUG-1996	Yes
MCL	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR)	Total Coliform Rule	Coliform (TCR)	96V0002	Known	01-OCT-1995	31-OCT-1995	Yes
MCL	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR)	Total Coliform Rule	Coliform (TCR)	96V0001	Known	01-SEP-1995	30-SEP-1995	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
14	3	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	05-NOV-2019	State	FAILURE TO SAMPLE GROSS ALPHA IN 3RD QUARTER 2019
13	1	SOX	State Compliance achieved	21-MAY-2014	State	EPA RTC
13	2	SOX	State Compliance achieved	21-MAY-2014	State	EPA RTC
6	98V0001	SIF	State Public Notification received	10-DEC-1997	State	-
5	97V0036	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0037	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0038	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0040	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0041	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0042	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0043	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0044	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0045	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0046	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0048	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0050	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0051	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0052	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0053	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0056	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0035	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0031	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0029	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0010	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
5	97V0011	SFL	State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued	01-OCT-1997	State	02G & 03G
4	96V0003	SIE	State Public Notification requested	11-SEP-1996	State	-
3	96V0002	SO+	State no additional Formal Action needed	25-APR-1996	State	STATE DETERMINES NO FURTHER FOLLOW UP NEEDED
1	96V0001	SIE	State Public Notification requested	10-OCT-1995	State	COMPLIANCE ACHIEVED

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All Facilities

Facility Name	Facility ID	Is Source	Facility Type Description	Water Type Description	Availability Description	Facility Activity Status
GEORGETOWN SUPPLY	7	Yes	Consecutive Connection	Ground water	Emergency	Active
FOREST ST. WELL	8	Yes	Well	Ground water	Permanent	Active
LARKIN ST. GP WELL 1	2	Yes	Well	Ground water	Permanent	Active
WELL PW 5	13	Yes	Well	Ground water	Permanent	Active
LARKIN ST. TUB. WELL	1	Yes	Well	Ground water	Emergency	Inactive
12" ROCK WELL #2 (LARKIN ST)	3	Yes	Well	Ground water under the influence of surface water	Emergency	Active
WELL PW 5 PUMP	14	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
LARKIN RD. GP WELL PUMP	4	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
12" ROCK WELL PUMP	5	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
FOREST ST. WELL 3 PUMP	9	No	Pump Facility	-	-	Active
TANK 1	6	No	Storage	-	-	Active
LARKIN CHEM. ADDITION FACILITY	10	No	Treatment Plant	-	-	Active
12' ROCK WELL # 2 WTP	11	No	Treatment Plant	-	-	Active
FOREST ST WELL	12	No	Treatment Plant	-	-	Active

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Treatment Processes

Facility Name	Facility ID	Treatment Process	Treatment Objective
LARKIN CHEM. ADDITION FACILITY	10	Hypochlorination, Post	Disinfection
LARKIN CHEM. ADDITION FACILITY	10	Sequestration	Manganese removal
LARKIN CHEM. ADDITION FACILITY	10	4-Log Treatment of Viruses	Disinfection
12' ROCK WELL # 2 WTP	11	Hypochlorination, Post	Disinfection
FOREST ST WELL	12	Sequestration	Manganese removal
FOREST ST WELL	12	Hypochlorination, Post	Disinfection

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