Is North Westport, MA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving North Westport has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records: Dartmouth Water Division.
Town of Westport, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Westport’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Town of Westport
Massachusetts · serves 328 people · about 140 in North Westport
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Westport Senior Village
Massachusetts · serves 150 people · under 100 in North Westport
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Maynard State LLC
Massachusetts · serves 35 people · nearly all in North Westport
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: very hard, 193 mg/L (11.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Dartmouth Water Division
Massachusetts · serves 24,696 people · under 100 in North Westport
2 results above the legal limit, 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 63.4 ppb, above the legal limit. Hardness: soft, typically 23 mg/L (1.3 grains per gallon).
12 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near North Westport
The 3 labs Massachusetts certifies closest to North Westport, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
New Bedford Health Department Lab
New Bedford, MA · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins Rhode Island
North Kingstown, RI · about 20 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
RI Analytical Laboratories Inc.
Warwick, RI · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS
ZIP codes in North Westport
Which ZIP codes are in North Westport: 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 North Westport
Other towns in Bristol County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Westport’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water