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Is Weymouth Town, MA tap water safe?

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

Weymouth Water Department, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Weymouth Water Department is soft, 15 mg/L (0.9 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 Weymouth Town’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 Weymouth 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 Weymouth Town

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

  • G and L Labs Inc.

    Quincy, MA · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (617) 328-3663

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

    Norwell, MA · about 7 miles

    Certified for PFAS

    (781) 681-6635

  • Matrix Sciences International Inc.

    Canton, MA · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (781) 401-9999

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in Weymouth Town

Which ZIP codes are in Weymouth Town: 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.