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Four Mile Village

At a glance

Four Mile Village (PWSID MA3038001) is an active community water system in Essex County, Massachusetts. It reports serving 133 people through 13 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

133

Service connections

13

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDMA3038001
System typeCommunity water system
Activity statusActive
Population served133
Service connections13
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyMA state drinking water program
City servedBoxford
StateMassachusetts
ZIP01921
CountyEssex County

How does Four Mile Village compare with other water systems in Essex County?

By EPA's size categories, Four Mile Village is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Essex County has 67 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 13,412 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 898,585 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Massachusetts, the 1,636 active systems average 6,275 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Four Mile Village is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Massachusetts has 531 active community water systems, 32% of the state's 1,636 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,354 Massachusetts systems (83%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Four Mile Village?

EPA lists Four Mile Village as privately owned. The MA state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 28 of the 67 active systems in Essex County (42%) are also privately owned.

Does Four Mile Village have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2023 and May 2025. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Lead and Copper Rule (2 of them). EPA lists 10 as archived and 2 as addressed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. Addressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is covered by formal enforcement.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2025-05-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoArchived
2023-07-01Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000NoAddressed
2023-06-01Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000NoAddressed
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Ethylene dibromide (EDB)code 2946NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Xylenes, Totalcode 2955NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Dichloromethanecode 2964NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Trichloroethylenecode 2984NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Tritiumcode 4102NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Toluenecode 2991NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Tetrachloroethylenecode 2987NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Ethylbenzenecode 2992NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,1,1-Trichloroethanecode 2981NoArchived

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Four Mile Village: frequently asked questions

Who runs Four Mile Village?

Four Mile Village (PWSID MA3038001) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MA state drinking water program.

How many people does Four Mile Village serve?

Four Mile Village reports serving 133 people through 13 service connections in Essex County, Massachusetts.

Where does Four Mile Village get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Four Mile Village have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Four Mile Village's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the MA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Four Mile Village's water quality report?

As a community water system, Four Mile Village must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Essex County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Lynn Water and Sewer CommEssex101,253CommunitySurface water
Salem and Beverly Water Supply BoardEssex90,330CommunitySurface water
Lawrence Water WorksEssex89,143CommunitySurface water
Haverhill Water DeptEssex61,277CommunitySurface water
Peabody Water Dept.Essex54,481CommunitySurface water
Methuen Water DeptEssex53,059CommunitySurface water

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Four Mile Village, PWSID MA3038001, Massachusetts”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/massachusetts/four-mile-village-ma3038001 (data as of October 1, 2026).