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Is Oak Bluffs, MA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Oak Bluffs, 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 Oak Bluffs has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records.

Oak Bluffs Water District, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.9 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Oak Bluffs Water District is soft, typically 20 mg/L (1.2 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 Oak Bluffs’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 Oak Bluffs Water District’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 Oak Bluffs

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

  • Wampanoag Environmental Laboratory

    Aquinnah, MA · about 12 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (508) 645-2903

  • New Bedford Health Department Lab

    New Bedford, MA · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (508) 991-6199

  • Envirotech Laboratories Inc.

    Sandwich, MA · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (508) 888-6460

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in Oak Bluffs

Which ZIP codes are in Oak Bluffs: 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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