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Is Abington, MA tap water safe?

Abington/Rockland Joint WTR. Works serves Abington, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Abington/Rockland Joint WTR. Works serves Abington. In EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records it has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal, and 2 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: PFOA at 12 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from Abington/Rockland Joint WTR. Works is moderately hard, typically 73 mg/L (4.3 grains per gallon). How Massachusetts’s water compares.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Abington/Rockland Joint WTR. Works’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Abington

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Massachusetts certifies.

The 3 labs Massachusetts certifies closest to Abington, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

    Norwell, MA · about 8 miles

    Certified for PFAS

    (781) 681-6635

  • Matrix Sciences International Inc.

    Canton, MA · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (781) 401-9999

  • G and L Labs Inc.

    Quincy, MA · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (617) 328-3663

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in Abington

Which ZIP codes are in Abington: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: MassDEP Online Searchable Laboratory Certification Listing, potable water; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Abington

Other towns in Plymouth County with a page of their own.

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