Is Duxbury 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	2011-11-01 → 2011-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-11-01 → 2011-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-09-01 → 1995-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-08-01 → 1995-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-07-01 → 1995-07-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1994-08-01 → 1994-08-31

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
PFOA	0.0075 µg/L	3/16	2025
Pfba	0.0129 µg/L	2/16	2025
PFBS	0.0035 µg/L	2/16	2025
Pfhpa	0.0106 µg/L	2/16	2025
Pfhps	0.0033 µg/L	2/16	2025
Pfhxa	0.0307 µg/L	2/16	2025
PFHXS	0.0310 µg/L	2/16	2025
PFOS	0.0350 µg/L	2/16	2025
Pfpea	0.0466 µg/L	2/16	2025
6:2 Fts	0.0057 µg/L	1/16	2025

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	3674.5 µg/L 37% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 4110 µg/L	188/190	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	10.036 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 10.2 µg/L	49/56	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	362.35 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 486 µg/L	42/52	SYR4	2016–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.765 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.99 µg/L	31/35	SYR4	2015–2019
Bromoform	2.17 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.3 µg/L	30/35	SYR4	2015–2019
Chloroform	1.246 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	28/35	SYR4	2015–2019
Bromodichloromethane	2.06 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.49 µg/L	25/35	SYR4	2015–2019
Barium	73.9 µg/L 3.7% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 79 µg/L	23/23	SYR4	2012–2018
Fluoride	1028.5 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1070 µg/L	22/23	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	3.31 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 5.9 µg/L	15/30	SYR4	2016
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	2.557 µg/L 4.3% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 2.97 µg/L	15/56	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0044 mg/L 29% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	13/13	LCR	2023
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.516 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.6 µg/L	8/35	SYR4	2015–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	1.5935 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.61 µg/L	2/35	SYR4	2015–2019
Heptachlor Epoxide	0.0190 µg/L 9.5% of the EPA limit 0.2000 µg/L	1/29	SYR4	2015–2018

79 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 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDichloroacetic AcidDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: MARK CLOUD
Phone: 7819341100
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Duxbury Water Department

Is Duxbury Water Department tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 25 contaminants in Duxbury 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 Duxbury Water Department's water?

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

How many people does Duxbury Water Department serve?

Duxbury Water Department reports serving 16,387 people in Massachusetts, per its EPA record.

Has Duxbury Water Department had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 14 violations on file for Duxbury Water Department, of which 5 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 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.