Is Pinehurst, MA tap water safe?
The short answer
Billerica Water Works serves Pinehurst. In EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records it has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal, and 3 health-based violations since 2016.
The worst: PFOA at 5.5 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
The water from Billerica Water Works is moderately hard, 66 mg/L (3.8 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 Billerica Water Works’s water.
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ZeroWater 10 Cup Pitcher (ZP-010)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Lead
Aquasana Claryum Direct Connect (AQ-MF-1)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Lead
Express Water StreamLine Direct Connect System (USC001)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Lead
Water testing near Pinehurst
The 3 labs Massachusetts certifies closest to Pinehurst, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Danvers
Danvers, MA · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins Ayer
Ayer, MA · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Mass DPH Environmental Chemistry Lab
Jamaica Plain, MA · about 18 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
ZIP codes in Pinehurst
Which ZIP codes are in Pinehurst: 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 Pinehurst
Other towns in Middlesex County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Billerica Water Works’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for PFOARanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for PFAS, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water