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Lead in Massachusetts

Of the 541 water suppliers tested for Lead in Massachusetts, 11 exceeded the lead action level (2%).

2%
of suppliers exceeded the lead action level
541
suppliers tested
Massachusetts rankings Lead in Massachusetts PFAS in Massachusetts

What is Lead?

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water suppliers

Lead value per supplier, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Suppliers that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SupplierCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
Fisherfield Townhouses Bradford 40 0.3810 mg/L
Winnstock Condos Gilford 125 0.0310 mg/L
Jack O Lantern Condos Woodstock 98 0.0300 mg/L
Crawford Hills Bartlett 118 0.0290 mg/L
Jemp 1 Llc Scituate 28 0.0270 mg/L
Hawthorne Village Rumney 55 0.0210 mg/L
Crawford Pond Bartlett 58 0.0180 mg/L
Worthington Fire District Worthington 565 0.0175 mg/L
Lancaster Water Department Lancaster 6,000 0.0169 mg/L
Hardwick Center Water District Hardwick 80 0.0164 mg/L
Fairhaven Mobile Home Park Milford 63 0.0160 mg/L
Cheshire Water Dept Cheshire 1,407 0.0150 mg/L
Cedar Creek Mhp — 154 0.0144 mg/L
Centre Village Apartments Boxborough 36 0.0131 mg/L
Beverly Water Dept Beverly 47,461 0.0130 mg/L
Deerfield Estates Hopkinton 100 0.0130 mg/L
Fall River Water Department Fall River 94,000 0.0120 mg/L
Upton Dpw Water/Wastewater Division Upton 4,420 0.0110 mg/L
Jakes Path Pws Middleborough 168 0.0110 mg/L
Melrose Water Division (Mwra) Melrose 29,938 0.0102 mg/L
Somerset Water Department Somerset 18,303 0.0100 mg/L
Ipswich Dpu Water Dept Ipswich 13,138 0.0100 mg/L
Malden Water Division (Mwra) Malden 66,263 0.0097 mg/L
Massasoit Hills Trailer Park Wellfleet 120 0.0093 mg/L
Holyoke Water Works Holyoke 37,838 0.0090 mg/L
Quincy Water Dept. (Mwra) Quincy 106,000 0.0087 mg/L
Saint Josephs Abbey Spencer 45 0.0086 mg/L
Reading Water Department (Mwra) Reading 26,262 0.0084 mg/L
Medford Water Dept. (Mwra) Medford 61,700 0.0083 mg/L
Winthrop Water Division, (Mwra) Winthrop 19,316 0.0083 mg/L
Grafton Water District Grafton 10,925 0.0083 mg/L
Deerfield Fire District Deerfield 1,300 0.0083 mg/L
Revere Water Division (Mwra) Revere 62,186 0.0080 mg/L
Cambridge Water Department Cambridge 118,214 0.0080 mg/L
Amherst Dpw Water Division Amherst 39,263 0.0080 mg/L
Raynham Center Water District Raynham 10,964 0.0080 mg/L
Hanson Water Department Hanson 9,612 0.0080 mg/L
Milton Water Dept. (Mwra) Milton 28,630 0.0077 mg/L
Hopkinton Water Department Hopkinton 12,680 0.0074 mg/L
North Andover Water Dept North Andover 30,915 0.0072 mg/L
Tisbury Water Works Tisbury 6,082 0.0072 mg/L
Dartmouth Water Division Dartmouth 24,696 0.0070 mg/L
Medfield Water Dept. Medfield 12,713 0.0070 mg/L
Ashmere Water Service Hinsdale 66 0.0069 mg/L
Monroe Water District Monroe 55 0.0069 mg/L
Old Farm Road Water Trust Dover 40 0.0067 mg/L
Mill River Water Takers Association New Marlborough 150 0.0065 mg/L
Monson Water and Sewer Dept Monson 4,222 0.0064 mg/L
Greenfield Water Department Greenfield 17,768 0.0062 mg/L
Georgetown Water Department Georgetown 8,766 0.0060 mg/L
Edgartown Water Department Edgartown 8,027 0.0060 mg/L
Halifax Water Department Halifax 7,575 0.0060 mg/L
Cranberry Village Residents Association Carver 414 0.0060 mg/L
Mount St Marys Abbey Wrentham 60 0.0060 mg/L
Mwra Boston 2,580,000 0.0059 mg/L
Boston Water and Sewer Commission (Mwra) Boston 675,647 0.0058 mg/L
Curtis Hill Condominium Tyngsborough 96 0.0057 mg/L
View Drive Water Association Richmond 38 0.0057 mg/L
Everett Water Dept. (Mwra) Everett 49,075 0.0057 mg/L
Wilbraham Water Dept (Mwra) Wilbraham 8,533 0.0056 mg/L
Woodhaven Elder Housing Committee Sherborn 30 0.0055 mg/L
Leino Park Water District Westminster 120 0.0054 mg/L
Sawyer Hill Ecovillage Berlin 272 0.0052 mg/L
Winterberry Condos Killington 31 0.0052 mg/L
North Attleboro Water Dept North Attleborough 31,410 0.0051 mg/L
Concord Water Dept Concord 18,788 0.0051 mg/L
Ashfield Water District Ashfield 400 0.0051 mg/L
Fitchburg Dpw Division of Water Supply Fitchburg 41,946 0.0050 mg/L
Needham Water Dept Needham 31,664 0.0050 mg/L
Norwood Water Dept. (Mwra) Norwood 29,909 0.0050 mg/L
Fairhaven Water Dept Fairhaven 15,155 0.0050 mg/L
Stockbridge Water Dept Stockbridge 2,800 0.0050 mg/L
Aquarion Water Company (Dover) Dover 1,929 0.0050 mg/L
Barnstable County Jail Bourne 600 0.0050 mg/L
Colony Heights Condominium Tyngsborough 120 0.0050 mg/L
Silverleaf Hollow Condominiums Hubbardston 40 0.0050 mg/L
Palmer Water District no.1 Palmer 4,789 0.0049 mg/L
Hanscom Afb Bedford 11,789 0.0048 mg/L
Braintree Water and Sewer Dept. Braintree 39,143 0.0048 mg/L
East Brookfield Water Department East Brookfield 1,526 0.0048 mg/L
Bishops Landing Condominiums Stoughton 50 0.0048 mg/L
Danvers Water Dept. Danvers 28,087 0.0047 mg/L
Ware Water Dept Ware 10,066 0.0047 mg/L
Groton Water Department Groton 5,456 0.0047 mg/L
Chester Water Dept Chester 750 0.0047 mg/L
Hadley Dpw Water Division Hadley 4,819 0.0046 mg/L
Pine Valley Plantation Belchertown 600 0.0045 mg/L
Carver Municipal Buildings Carver 100 0.0045 mg/L
The Preserve at Hopkinton Condo Hopkinton 80 0.0045 mg/L
Wildwood Condominium Goshen 25 0.0044 mg/L
Bourne Water District Bourne 22,500 0.0044 mg/L
Duxbury Water Department Duxbury 16,387 0.0044 mg/L
South Deerfield Water Supply District Deerfield 3,800 0.0043 mg/L
Wellesley College Wellesley 3,000 0.0043 mg/L
Harvard Water Department Harvard 1,422 0.0043 mg/L
Winchester Water Dept Winchester 22,970 0.0042 mg/L
Wayland Water Department Wayland 14,096 0.0042 mg/L
Peabody Water Dept. Peabody 54,481 0.0042 mg/L
City of New Bedford Dpi New Bedford 101,079 0.0041 mg/L
Applewood Community Corporation Boxborough 500 0.0041 mg/L