Is Longmeadow, MA tap water safe?
The short answer
Longmeadow Water Dept serves Longmeadow. In EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records it has 1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 1 result above the health goal, and 14 health-based violations since 2016.
The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 36.5 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 Longmeadow Water Dept’s water.
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Aquasana Clean Water Machine (AQ-CWM2)
Countertop
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead
Brita Hub Countertop Water Filter System (87340)
Countertop
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead
Ninja HydraSense Countertop Water Filtration System (WF1001)
Countertop
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead
Water testing near Longmeadow
The 3 labs Massachusetts certifies closest to Longmeadow, 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 3 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical LLC-East Longmeadow
East Longmeadow, MA · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS
Quabbin Analytical Laboratory
Belchertown, MA · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Longmeadow
Which ZIP codes are in Longmeadow: 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 Longmeadow
Other towns in Hampden County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Longmeadow Water Dept’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water