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Is North Attleborough Town, MA tap water safe?

3 utilities serve North Attleborough Town, 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

1 of the 3 utilities serving North Attleborough Town has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records: Attleboro Water Dept.

North Attleboro Water Dept, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 9.0 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from North Attleboro Water Dept is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 49 to 91 mg/L (2.8 to 5.3 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 Attleborough Town’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 Attleboro 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 Attleborough 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 North Attleborough Town, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Pace Analytical LLC-Mansfield-320 Forbes

    Mansfield, MA · about 6 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals, PFAS

    (508) 822-9300

  • RI Analytical Laboratories Inc.

    Warwick, RI · about 16 miles

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

    (401) 737-8500

  • Proverde Environmental, Inc.

    Milford, MA · about 17 miles

    Certified for PFAS

    (617) 221-3356

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in North Attleborough Town

Which ZIP codes are in North Attleborough 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.

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