Is Middleborough Center, MA tap water safe?
The short answer
Middleborough Water Supply serves Middleborough Center. In EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records it has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: PFOA at 11 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
The water from Middleborough Water Supply is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 27 to 75 mg/L (1.6 to 4.4 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.
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Middleborough Water Supply’s water.
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ZeroWater 10 Cup Pitcher (ZP-010)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, PFOS, 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, PFOS, 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, PFOS, Lead
Water testing near Middleborough Center
The 3 labs Massachusetts certifies closest to Middleborough Center, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Providence (AB)
Middleborough, MA · under a mile
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
New Bedford Health Department Lab
New Bedford, MA · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
Battelle Memorial Institute
Norwell, MA · about 20 miles
Certified for PFAS
ZIP codes in Middleborough Center
Which ZIP codes are in Middleborough Center: 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 Middleborough Center
Other towns in Plymouth County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Middleborough Water Supply’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