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Drinking water compliance, PFAS records, natural water body health, discharge permits, and water-quality monitoring records for Amherst Town.
Public water-system records for Amherst Town, MA from EPA SDWIS.
Amherst Dpw Water Division
Active monitoring or reporting issue detected in EPA SDWIS.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q1 2026
City appears in system name · Serves 39,263 people
Data from EPA SDWIS
Reviewed: source records as of Q1 2026
EPA UCMR5 — No PFAS detection records shown for these water systems
Open data source: EPA UCMR5DoD PFAS — No investigation records shown for this report
Open data source: DoD PFASWater Body Impairment (ATTAINS) city records are temporarily unavailable.
Reviewed: source records as of Q4 2025
Reviewed: source records as of 2026
Air quality data from EPA monitoring stations, facility emissions inventories, and area-level air-quality designations in this city.
Hampshire County
Reported: Dec 2020
EPA national average is ~30 per million
According to EPA, a cancer risk of 20-in-1-million means that for every 1 million people continuously exposed to these air toxics over a 70-year lifetime, an estimated 20 may develop cancer from that exposure. This is in addition to cancer risk from all other causes.
Top local emission sources
Data from EPA AirToxScreen
Air Quality Nonattainment Areas city records are temporarily unavailable.
25-013-0018 — Springfield, Massachusetts
Annual mean: 18.9 ppb · EPA standard: 100 ppb
Reported: 2024
Annual mean: 0.3 ppb · EPA standard: 75 ppb
Reported: 2024
Annual mean: 6.9 μg/m³ · EPA standard: 9 μg/m³
Reported: 2024
Data from EPA AQS
Facilities regulated under the Clean Air Act. CAA HPV flags indicate serious noncompliance such as exceeding emission limits.
No facility records with active violation or noncompliance flags surfaced in EPA ECHO.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q4 2025
Data from EPA ECHO
Contaminated sites, waste facilities, cleanup records, and industrial operations in this city.
Reviewed: source query run Oct 2026
Reviewed: source query run Oct 2026
Facilities with hazardous-waste handler records under RCRA in the reviewed 5-mile city-center search area. Active handler status is separate from air, water, or other ECHO compliance violations, which are shown in their own sections.
Active RCRA handler records in the reviewed city search area
No release reports shown in this group.
Reviewed: active/open records as of 2018
Data from EPA UST Finder
Sites regulated by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, including mines, sand and gravel operations, and portable crushers. Status and type are from the MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System. Records with active/intermittent status dates older than 5 years are shown as older records rather than current active sites.
Recently updated active/intermittent sites (2)
Data from MSHA
Hampshire County, MA
Reported: Mar 2026
Hampshire County is EPA Radon Zone 2 (moderate potential). EPA defines Zone 2 counties as having predicted average indoor screening levels between 2 pCi/L and 4 pCi/L.
Radon levels can vary from home to home, so EPA recommends testing the property to know its indoor level.
Flood-map status, chemical accident risk, nuclear facilities, pipeline incidents, and community health indicators in this city.
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer maps flood risk. Properties in a Special Flood Hazard Area are required to carry flood insurance if they have a federally backed mortgage.
Minimal flood hazard — outside the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floodplains.
Health outcomes from County Health Rankings. Values shown alongside state and national averages.
Hampshire County, MassachusettsPop. 162,588
Reported: Mar 2026
Premature Death
Poor or Fair Health
Poor Physical Health Days
Poor Mental Health Days
Adult Smoking
Adult Obesity
Air Pollution - Particulate Matter
Drinking Water Violations
Diabetes Prevalence
Life Expectancy
| Indicator | County | State | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Death | 5,644 | 5,856 | 7,972 |
| Poor or Fair Health | 11.6% | 11.4% | 14.2% |
| Poor Physical Health Days | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| Poor Mental Health Days | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| Adult Smoking | 12.8% | 10.8% | 15.0% |
| Adult Obesity | 26.4% | 27.5% | 34.0% |
| Air Pollution - Particulate Matter | 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.3 |
| Drinking Water Violations | 0 | 1 | N/A |
| Diabetes Prevalence | 7.5% | 7.8% | 9.6% |
| Life Expectancy | 80.3 | 79.9 | 77.6 |