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Is Northfield, MA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Northfield, 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

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Northfield has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records.

Northfield Water District, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.5 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Northfield’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Northfield

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 Northfield, 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 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (413) 247-5533

  • Nelson Analytical Lab-Keene

    North Swanzey, NH · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (603) 357-2577

  • Quabbin Analytical Laboratory

    Belchertown, MA · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (413) 323-7134

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in Northfield

Which ZIP codes are in Northfield: 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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