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Is Franklin Town, MA tap water safe?

Franklin Water Department serves Franklin 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

Franklin Water Department serves Franklin Town. In EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records it has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: PFOS at 5.6 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from Franklin Water Department is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 37 to 91 mg/L (2.2 to 5.3 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 Franklin Water Department’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

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

  • Proverde Environmental, Inc.

    Milford, MA · about 8 miles

    Certified for PFAS

    (617) 221-3356

  • Pace Analytical LLC-Mansfield-320 Forbes

    Mansfield, MA · about 11 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals, PFAS

    (508) 822-9300

  • White Lodge Laboratory

    Westwood, MA · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (781) 710-6498

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in Franklin Town

Which ZIP codes are in Franklin 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 Franklin Town

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