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Is Methuen Town, MA tap water safe?

Methuen Water Dept serves Methuen 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

Methuen Water Dept serves Methuen Town. In EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records it has 2 results above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: PFOA at 4.0 ppt, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Methuen Water Dept’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

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

  • Eurofins Derry

    Derry, NH · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS

    (603) 432-3044

  • Eurofins Danvers

    Danvers, MA · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (978) 777-4442

  • Nelson Analytical LLC

    Manchester, NH · about 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (603) 622-0200

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in Methuen Town

Which ZIP codes are in Methuen 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 Methuen Town

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

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