Is Belchertown Water District Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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	2015-09-01 → 2015-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2002-09-01 → 2002-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2002-09-01 → 2002-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2002-09-01 → 2002-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2002-09-01 → 2002-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2002-08-01 → 2002-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2002-08-01 → 2002-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2002-08-01 → 2002-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2002-08-01 → 2002-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2001-09-01 → 2001-09-30

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
Nitrate	1906 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1990 µg/L	28/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0030 mg/L 20% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	23/23	LCR	2025
Copper	946.1 µg/L 73% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 978 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2016–2019
Lead	7.272 µg/L 48% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 7.44 µg/L	9/10	SYR4	2016
TTHM	9.775 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 9.9 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2015–2017

79 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-PF3ONSAdonaAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneChlorobenzeneCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneTolueneTotal Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: KEVIN M WILLIAMS
Phone: 4133236987
Email: ADMIN@BELCHERTOWNWATERDISTRICT.ORG

Frequently asked questions about Belchertown Water District

Is Belchertown Water District tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 5 contaminants in Belchertown Water District'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 Belchertown Water District's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Lead, Copper, Lead, TTHM. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Belchertown Water District serve?

Belchertown Water District reports serving 3,253 people in Massachusetts, per its EPA record.

Has Belchertown Water District had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 19 violations on file for Belchertown Water District, of which 13 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.