System Snapshot
Available system-level context
This snapshot shows the identity and context fields currently available for Worcester DPW Water Operations (PWSID 2348000). Read it with the source links and limitations below.
System identity
- PWSID
- 2348000
- State
- Massachusetts
- Linked communities
- Worcester
- County context
- Not listed in current record
- System type
- Community water system
- Source water
- Surface water
- Population served context
- 206,518
- Service connections
- 43,205
- Latest reviewed report
- 2025 report link found
- Data updated
- 2026-07-12
Population served is shown only when it appears in the available source records.
Read these as system-level fields from reviewed public records. Confirm provider and address-specific questions with official utility, city, state, or EPA sources.
Report-Listed Rows
Report-listed rows summarized from the latest reviewed report
2 report-listed rows are summarized for Worcester DPW Water Operations. A listed row is not the same thing as a current advisory or household tap result.
- Report year
- 2025
- Rows summarized
- 2
- Source tables represented
- 2
- Scope
- Past reporting period
| Substance and testing period | Reported value | Range in report | Limit or standard | Source table | Report-printed status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate NitrogenTesting period: 2025 reporting period | 0.291 ppmMaximum Level Detected | Not listed in this summarized entry | MCL: 10; MCLG: 10 | Source Water Quality - Inorganic Contaminants (IOCs)Page 3Typical source, as printed: Erosion of natural deposits, fertilizer, wastewater | Violation: No, as printed for this report period |
| Total ChlorineTesting period: 2025 reporting period | 1.05 ppmHighest Running Annual Average | 0.1-3.7 | MRDL: 4.0; MRDLG: 4.0 | Distribution Water Quality - DisinfectionPage 4Typical source, as printed: Added during treatment | Violation: No, as printed for this report period |
Report row
Nitrate Nitrogen
- Range in report
- Not listed in this summarized entry
- Maximum Level Detected
- 0.291 ppm
- Testing period
- 2025 reporting period
- Sites above action level
- Not applicable to this summarized entry
- Limit or standard
- MCL: 10; MCLG: 10
- Report-printed status
- Violation: No, as printed for this report period
Report row
Total Chlorine
- Range in report
- 0.1-3.7 ppm
- Highest Running Annual Average
- 1.05 ppm
- Testing period
- 2025 reporting period
- Sites above action level
- Not applicable to this summarized entry
- Limit or standard
- MRDL: 4.0; MRDLG: 4.0
- Report-printed status
- Violation: No, as printed for this report period
Source report notes
Source: City of Worcester 2025 Water Quality Report. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- Applies to: Nitrate Nitrogen
This is a report-period row and not a current tap-level conclusion.
- Applies to: Total Chlorine
The running annual average and report-period status are preserved.
- Applies to: Total Chlorine
Table note: Highest Running Annual Average.
Review the linked source report for definitions, footnotes, and official wording.
Violation Records
Violation records shown on this page
This section shows 0 system-scoped violation detail records currently included for Worcester DPW Water Operations. Annual reports and current notices can use different timing and terminology.
No system-scoped violation detail records are included in the available reviewed records for this system. This is not an official compliance finding. Check the official utility, state, or EPA source for current compliance and notice information.
Source notes for this system mention violation-related context, but this page does not currently display separate system-scoped violation detail records.
Important limitation
Profile summary note
This page summarizes public records reviewed by this site. It does not replace official notices, utility updates, or state drinking water information.
System profile limitations
- The 2025 report lists ten active surface-water reservoirs and separately describes inactive emergency sources, emergency aqueduct access, and a small purchased-water area. Those source categories are not interchangeable.
- The bounded preview shows Nitrate Nitrogen and Total Chlorine only. It is not a complete contaminant or violation table.
- PFHxA is deferred because the source table prints a value without a unit. Total trihalomethanes are not used as a bounded preview because the source's 63 ppb compliance value is a locational running annual average while the printed range reaches 92 ppb.
- Annual-report status text is limited to the 2025 reporting period and is not a current compliance, advisory, or tap-level conclusion.
- The Worcester relationship supports navigation but does not prove the provider for every address. Confirm service with a bill, account portal, city utility, or MassDEP record.
- Address-level service can vary. Confirm the serving provider with a bill, account portal, utility, city, or state source.
- This page shows summarized entries from the available report. It does not include a complete contaminant or violation table.
- Missing fields are not findings. They mean the field is not shown on this page from the records currently available.
- This page summarizes available public records. It may not include every update, notice, or urgent official advisory.
Latest Reviewed Report
Latest reviewed report found by this site
The 2025 report found for Worcester DPW Water Operations summarizes a past reporting period. It is not a live alert page.
City of Worcester 2025 Water Quality Report
Open 2025 water quality report (opens in a new tab)The 2025 report link is available for Worcester DPW Water Operations. Use the linked source report for the full table, definitions, footnotes, and official context. This page includes summarized entries from the available report. They are not a complete copy of the report table.
- Report year
- 2025
- Summarized entries shown
- 2
- Source name
- City of Worcester 2025 Water Quality Report
- Source URL
- Open report source
- Source retrieved
- 2026-07-12
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-12
Use the linked source report for the full table, definitions, footnotes, and official context.
Data coverage
This page summarizes selected public records for this public water system. It may not include every report, update, current notice, or address-level service detail.
- Latest reviewed report
- 2025 report link found
- Report-listed rows
- 2 summarized report entries shown
- Detailed violation records
- No detailed system-scoped records displayed
- Population served
- Listed from reviewed source
- Service connections
- Listed from reviewed source
- City context
- Worcester
- County context
- Not listed in current record
Local Context
City and state context for this system
Worcester DPW Water Operations is linked here to Worcester for navigation. That relationship does not confirm the provider for a specific address; use a bill, utility portal, or official lookup source.
Linked local context
- Linked communities
- Worcester
- County context
- Not listed in current record
- State context
- Massachusetts
Browse related context
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Utility website
Worcester Water and Sewer Operations (opens official source)
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