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Is South Lancaster, MA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve South Lancaster, 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

1 of the 2 utilities serving South Lancaster has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records: Lancaster Water Department.

Lancaster Water Department, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the action level. The worst: Lead at 16.9 ppb, above the action level.

The water from Lancaster Water Department is moderately hard, typically 77 mg/L (4.5 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 South Lancaster’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 Lancaster Water Department’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 South Lancaster

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

  • Eurofins Ayer

    Ayer, MA · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (978) 391-4428

  • Eurofins-Worcester

    Worcester, MA · about 12 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (401) 461-7181

  • Pace Analytical LLC-Westborough

    Westborough, MA · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (508) 898-9220

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in South Lancaster

Which ZIP codes are in South Lancaster: 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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