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Is Great Barrington, MA tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Great Barrington, 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.

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The short answer

2 of the 3 utilities serving Great Barrington have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records: Great Barrington Fire Dist and Housatonic Water Works.

Great Barrington Fire Dist, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.9 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Great Barrington’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Great Barrington Fire Dist’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Great Barrington

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

  • Microbac Laboratories Inc.

    Lee, MA · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (413) 776-5025

  • Vallid Labs Inc.

    Agawam, MA · about 37 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (413) 789-2206

  • Capital Region Environmental Laboratory

    Rensselaer, NY · about 37 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (518) 949-2020

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in Great Barrington

Which ZIP codes are in Great Barrington: 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 Great Barrington

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

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