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Is Whitinsville, MA tap water safe?

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

Whitinsville Water Company, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

The water from Whitinsville Water Company is soft, typically 24 mg/L (1.4 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 Whitinsville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Whitinsville

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

  • Proverde Environmental, Inc.

    Milford, MA · about 7 miles

    Certified for PFAS

    (617) 221-3356

  • Pace Analytical LLC-Westborough

    Westborough, MA · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (508) 898-9220

  • Eurofins-Worcester

    Worcester, MA · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (401) 461-7181

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

ZIP codes in Whitinsville

Which ZIP codes are in Whitinsville: 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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