Is Bridgewater Water Department Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Plymouth

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-08-01 → 2011-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-08-01 → 2011-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1997-08-01 → 1997-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-09-01 → 1995-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Addressed	2025-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Addressed	2023-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Addressed	2023-01-01
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-09-01 → 2022-09-30
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-08-01 → 2022-08-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-07-01

PFAS detected

PFAS are industrial “forever chemicals”. These are the EPA's latest nationwide test results (2023–2025).

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfhxa	0.0080 µg/L	6/6	2023
PFOA	0.0090 µg/L	6/6	2023
PFBS	0.0050 µg/L	4/6	2023
Pfpea	0.0070 µg/L	4/6	2023
Pfhpa	0.0030 µg/L	2/6	2023
PFHXS	0.0040 µg/L	2/6	2023
PFOS	0.0070 µg/L	2/6	2023

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Nitrate	5247 µg/L 52% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 6290 µg/L	152/152	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	38.415 µg/L 48% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 51 µg/L	114/115	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	14.02 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 18.7 µg/L	110/111	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	11.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 18.1 µg/L	110/111	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	11.685 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15.6 µg/L	110/111	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	2.96 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.1 µg/L	109/111	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	14.6 µg/L 24% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 19 µg/L	89/110	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	4.59 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.6 µg/L	83/106	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	52/106	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	6.965 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.5 µg/L	48/106	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0030 mg/L 20% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	20/20	LCR	2025
Monochloroacetic Acid	7.99 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16 µg/L	19/106	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	128.5 µg/L 9.9% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 160 µg/L	10/44	SYR4	2012–2019
Tetrachloroethylene	1.375 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	6/179	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	152.5 µg/L 3.8% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 160 µg/L	4/13	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/106	SYR4	2012–2019

80 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBariumBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpsPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: WILLIAM YOUNG
Phone: 5086970910
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Bridgewater Water Department

Is Bridgewater Water Department tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 23 contaminants in Bridgewater Water Department's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Bridgewater Water Department's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, TTHM, Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Bridgewater Water Department serve?

Bridgewater Water Department reports serving 28,633 people in Massachusetts, per its EPA record.

Has Bridgewater Water Department had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 39 violations on file for Bridgewater Water Department, of which 4 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 3 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.