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Is Pawtucket, RI tap water safe?

Pawtucket Water Supply Board Veolia - Na serves Pawtucket, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Pawtucket Water Supply Board Veolia - Na serves Pawtucket. In EPA’s and CDC’s records it has nothing above a health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

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.

Water testing near Pawtucket

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 Rhode Island certifies.

The 3 labs Rhode Island certifies closest to Pawtucket, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

All 6 certified labs for Rhode Island

ZIP codes in Pawtucket

Which ZIP codes are in Pawtucket: 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: RIDOH, certified drinking water testing labs; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Pawtucket

Other towns in Providence County with a page of their own.

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