Heritage Association
What EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.
- Serves
- 158 people
- Connections
- 105
- Water source
- Groundwater bought from another system
- Based in
- Warren, MA
- County
- Worcester
- Owner
- Private
The short answer
Nothing in EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.
What was found
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5): Massachusetts’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 13, 2025 to Aug. 12, 2026.
Below EPA’s limits2
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Forms or is added in treatment
13.6ppb
Highest yearly average, 2025 to 2026
Averaged by year, the highest was 13.6 ppb, in 2026, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 13.7 ppb. That was also the latest year on file.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Forms or is added in treatment
3.0ppb
Highest yearly average, 2025 to 2026
Averaged by year, the highest was 3.0 ppb, in 2026, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 4.6 ppb. That was also the latest year on file.
What handles it
No certification claim covers this compound yet.
One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
- Lead
Violations since 2016
No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There is 1 monitoring or reporting violation: a sample missed, late or not reported.
What this report can’t tell you
Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) results here are Massachusetts’s own from 2025 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Heritage Association’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.
Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.
What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.
Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Massachusetts’s results run from Aug. 13, 2025 to Aug. 12, 2026.
Testing your own tap
The 3 labs Massachusetts certifies closest to the area Heritage Association serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Quabbin Analytical Laboratory
Belchertown, MA · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical LLC-East Longmeadow
East Longmeadow, MA · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS
Eurofins-Worcester
Worcester, MA · about 21 miles
Certified for bacteria
Sources
- EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, file of Oct. 15, 2026
- EPA SDWA bulk download (SDWIS federal data), 2026 Q3
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Drinking Water Program, results from Jan. 2, 2020 to Oct. 5, 2026, read Oct. 8, 2026
- Certified labs: MassDEP Online Searchable Laboratory Certification Listing, potable water, read Oct. 16, 2026; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer
- Limits and goals: each contaminant’s page, with its EPA source.
- How this page is built: methodology.
PWSID MA1311002. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.
What to do next
- Nothing here is above a health goalIn EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records for this utility. They don’t cover everything, which is why the next step matters.Every contaminant TapBuff tracks
- Get the utility’s own reportHeritage Association must send you a water quality report every year. It covers contaminants this page does not show.How to read it
- Test your own tap for leadYour service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.Lead in your water: what to do
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded