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Pilot Travel Center

At a glance

Pilot Travel Center (PWSID MA2287024) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Worcester County, Massachusetts. It reports serving 3,000 people through 3 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 January 2023.

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

Population served

3,000

Service connections

3

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMA2287024
System typeNon-transient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served3,000
Service connections3
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyMA state drinking water program
City servedSturbridge
StateMassachusetts
ZIP01566
CountyWorcester County

How does Pilot Travel Center compare with other water systems in Worcester County?

By EPA's size categories, Pilot Travel Center is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Worcester County has 346 active public water systems. Its population served is about 34% above the county average of 2,239 people per system, and accounts for 0.4% 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 non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Pilot Travel Center is about 7 times that figure.

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

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Massachusetts has 246 active non-transient non-community water systems, 15% 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 Pilot Travel Center?

EPA lists Pilot Travel Center 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. 252 of the 346 active systems in Worcester County (73%) are also privately owned.

Does Pilot Travel Center have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2023. The violations listed here began between April 2014 and January 2023. 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 12 as resolved. 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2023-01-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2022-07-01Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000NoResolved
2022-01-01Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000NoResolved
2014-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,1,1-Trichloroethanecode 2981NoResolved
2014-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,1-Dichloroethylenecode 2977NoResolved
2014-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,2-Dichloroethanecode 2980NoResolved
2014-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Styrenecode 2996NoResolved
2014-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,2-Dichloropropanecode 2983NoResolved
2014-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03trans-1,2-Dichloroethylenecode 2979NoResolved
2014-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03p-Dichlorobenzenecode 2969NoResolved
2014-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Ethylbenzenecode 2992NoResolved
2014-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Trichloroethylenecode 2984NoResolved

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.

Pilot Travel Center: frequently asked questions

Who runs Pilot Travel Center?

Pilot Travel Center (PWSID MA2287024) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MA state drinking water program.

How many people does Pilot Travel Center serve?

Pilot Travel Center reports serving 3,000 people through 3 service connections in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Where does Pilot Travel Center 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 Pilot Travel Center 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 January 2023. 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 Pilot Travel Center'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 January 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Pilot Travel Center's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Pilot Travel Center is a non-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 systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Worcester Dpwp, Water Supply DivisionWorcester206,518CommunitySurface water
Fitchburg Dpw Division of Water SupplyWorcester41,946CommunitySurface water
Leominster Water DivisionWorcester41,683CommunitySurface water
Shrewsbury Water DepartmentWorcester38,325CommunityGroundwater
Milford Water DepartmentWorcester30,379CommunitySurface water
Westborough Water DepartmentWorcester21,567CommunitySurface 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, “Pilot Travel Center, PWSID MA2287024, Massachusetts”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/massachusetts/pilot-travel-center-ma2287024 (data as of October 1, 2026).