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Is Norton Center, MA tap water safe?

Norton Water Department serves Norton Center, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Norton Water Department serves Norton Center. In EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records it has 1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal, and 9 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 66.2 ppb, above the legal limit.

The water from Norton Water Department is soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 37 to 63 mg/L (2.1 to 3.7 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 Norton Water Department’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Norton Center

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 Norton Center, 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 4 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals, PFAS

    (508) 822-9300

  • Matrix Sciences International Inc.

    Canton, MA · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (781) 401-9999

  • Eurofins Providence (AB)

    Middleborough, MA · about 17 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (508) 946-2225

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in Norton Center

Which ZIP codes are in Norton 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.