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Woodward Village

What EPA’s and Massachusetts’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
54 people
Connections
19
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Carlisle, MA
County
Middlesex
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

01741

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic, fluoride, chromium (total) and nitrate: Massachusetts’s own results, samples taken from July 18, 2023 to July 21, 2026.

Above the health goal1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.4 ppb, in 2024: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Below EPA’s limits1

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.26ppm

Highest yearly average, 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.26 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • Lead
  • Nitrate

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, fluoride, chromium (total) and nitrate results here are Massachusetts’s own from 2023 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Woodward Village’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Massachusetts’s results run from July 18, 2023 to July 21, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Woodward Village’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Massachusetts certifies.

The 3 labs Massachusetts certifies closest to the area Woodward Village serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Eurofins Ayer

    Ayer, MA · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (978) 391-4428

  • Mass DPH Environmental Chemistry Lab

    Jamaica Plain, MA · about 20 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals

    (617) 983-6654

  • Eurofins Danvers

    Danvers, MA · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (978) 777-4442

All 81 certified labs for Massachusetts

Sources

PWSID MA3051023. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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