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Is Agawam Town, MA tap water safe?

Agawam Water Department serves Agawam Town, 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

Agawam Water Department serves Agawam Town. In EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records it has 2 results above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal, and 14 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 55.7 ppb, above the legal limit.

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 Agawam Water Department’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Agawam Town

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 Agawam Town, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Vallid Labs Inc.

    Agawam, MA · about 2 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (413) 789-2206

  • Pace Analytical LLC-East Longmeadow

    East Longmeadow, MA · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS

    (413) 525-2332

  • Quabbin Analytical Laboratory

    Belchertown, MA · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (413) 323-7134

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in Agawam Town

Which ZIP codes are in Agawam Town: 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 Agawam Town

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