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Petersham Town Hall

At a glance

Petersham Town Hall (PWSID MA1234004) is an active transient non-community water system in Worcester County, Massachusetts. It reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a local government. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 6 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2014.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMA1234004

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeLocal government

Primacy agencyMA state drinking water program

City servedPetersham

StateMassachusetts

ZIP01366

CountyWorcester County

How does Petersham Town Hall compare with other water systems in Worcester County?

By EPA's size categories, Petersham Town Hall is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Worcester County has 346 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 2,239 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 774,523 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Massachusetts, the 1,636 active systems average 6,275 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Petersham Town Hall is well below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Massachusetts has 859 active transient non-community water systems, 53% 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 Petersham Town Hall?

EPA lists Petersham Town Hall as owned by a local government. 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. 80 of the 346 active systems in Worcester County (23%) are also owned by a local government.

Does Petersham Town Hall have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 6 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2014. The violations listed here began between July 2009 and July 2014. By type: 6 contaminant level above the legal limit and 2 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (7 of them). EPA lists 6 as archived, 1 as resolved and 1 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. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Addressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is covered by formal enforcement.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2014-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
2013-09-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
2013-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Minor (TCR) · code 26	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2013-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Addressed
2013-06-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
2012-10-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
2009-08-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
2009-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived

All 8 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.

Petersham Town Hall: frequently asked questions

Who runs Petersham Town Hall?

Petersham Town Hall (PWSID MA1234004) is a transient non-community water system owned by a local government. It is regulated by the MA state drinking water program.

How many people does Petersham Town Hall serve?

Petersham Town Hall reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Where does Petersham Town Hall 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 Petersham Town Hall have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 6 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2014. 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 Petersham Town Hall'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. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 6 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2014. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Petersham Town Hall's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Petersham Town Hall is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Worcester County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Worcester Dpwp, Water Supply Division	Worcester	206,518	Community	Surface water
Fitchburg Dpw Division of Water Supply	Worcester	41,946	Community	Surface water
Leominster Water Division	Worcester	41,683	Community	Surface water
Shrewsbury Water Department	Worcester	38,325	Community	Groundwater
Milford Water Department	Worcester	30,379	Community	Surface water
Westborough Water Department	Worcester	21,567	Community	Surface 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, “Petersham Town Hall, PWSID MA1234004, Massachusetts”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/massachusetts/petersham-town-hall-ma1234004 (data as of October 1, 2026).