Is Lynnfield, MA tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Lynnfield has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records.
Lynnfield Center Water District, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOA at 6.1 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
The water from Lynnfield Center Water District is hard to very hard depending on the source, 128 to 205 mg/L (7.5 to 12 grains per gallon). How Massachusetts’s water compares.
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 Lynnfield’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Lynnfield Center Water District
Massachusetts · serves 8,525 people · nearly all in Lynnfield
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOA at 6.1 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. Hardness: hard to very hard depending on the source, 128 to 205 mg/L (7.5 to 12 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lynnfield Water Dist. (MWRA)
Massachusetts · serves 4,820 people · about 4,300 in Lynnfield
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Lynnfield Center Water District’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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ZeroWater 10 Cup Pitcher (ZP-010)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Lead
Aquasana Claryum Direct Connect (AQ-MF-1)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Lead
Express Water StreamLine Direct Connect System (USC001)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Lead
Water testing near Lynnfield
The 3 labs Massachusetts certifies closest to Lynnfield, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Danvers
Danvers, MA · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria
New England Chromachem Inc.
Salem, MA · about 9 miles
Certified for organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS
Mass DPH Environmental Chemistry Lab
Jamaica Plain, MA · about 16 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
ZIP codes in Lynnfield
Which ZIP codes are in Lynnfield: 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 Lynnfield
Other towns in Essex County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Lynnfield Center Water District’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for PFOARanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for PFAS, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water