Is Haverhill, MA tap water safe?
The short answer
Haverhill Water Dept serves Haverhill. In EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records it has nothing above a health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.
That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
The water from Haverhill Water Dept is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 27 to 60 mg/L (1.6 to 3.5 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.
Water testing near Haverhill
The 3 labs Massachusetts certifies closest to Haverhill, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Derry
Derry, NH · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS
Eurofins Danvers
Danvers, MA · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria
Nelson Analytical LLC
Manchester, NH · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Which ZIP codes are in Haverhill: 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 Haverhill
Other towns in Essex County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Haverhill Water Dept’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water