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Is Forestdale, MA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Forestdale, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Forestdale has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records: Otis Air National Guard Base.

Sandwich Water District, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Forestdale’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Forestdale

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

  • Envirotech Laboratories Inc.

    Sandwich, MA · about 2 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (508) 888-6460

  • Barnstable County Health & Env Dept

    Barnstable, MA · about 9 miles

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

    (508) 375-6605

  • Eurofins Providence (AB)

    Middleborough, MA · about 23 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (508) 946-2225

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in Forestdale

Which ZIP codes are in Forestdale: 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.

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