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MA · Tap water records
Auburn tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Auburn. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Auburn is served by 2 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 14,533 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 155 violations across the community water system(s) serving Auburn, going back to the earliest EPA record. 2 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Auburn Water District
12,255 served · surface water · PWSID MA2017000 - Health-based Arsenic: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times in April 2021. The EPA record lists a level of 0.012 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.01 MG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 20 times between July 2012 and October 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Arsenic: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between April 2019 and October 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Iron: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between April 2019 and October 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Manganese: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between April 2019 and October 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Ethylbenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Styrene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Tetrachloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Toluene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring p-Dichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Xylenes, Total: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring DICHLOROMETHANE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,1,2-Trichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Benzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Carbon tetrachloride: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,1-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2-Dichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Trichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,1,1-Trichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Vinyl chloride: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring CHLOROBENZENE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring o-Dichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2-Dichloropropane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between April 2019 and July 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Perchlorate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in July 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Chlorine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between July 2012 and October 2012. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Elm Hill Water District
2,278 served · surface water · PWSID MA2017001 - Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in November 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in November 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between July 2001 and July 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between July 2007 and December 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.