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Is North Adams, MA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve North Adams, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

2 of the 2 utilities serving North Adams have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records: North Adams Water Dept and Briggsville Water District.

North Adams Water Dept, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOA at 5.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from North Adams Water Dept is soft to very hard depending on the source, 58 to 213 mg/L (3.4 to 12.5 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 North Adams’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in North Adams Water Dept’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near North Adams

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 North Adams, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Howard Laboratories LLC

    South Deerfield, MA · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (413) 247-5533

  • Microbac Laboratories Inc.

    Lee, MA · about 29 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (413) 776-5025

  • Capital Region Environmental Laboratory

    Rensselaer, NY · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (518) 949-2020

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in North Adams

Which ZIP codes are in North Adams: 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.

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