MADWEP Your Drinking Water

Water on Tap: What You Need to Know

Frequently Asked Questions

Public Drinking Water Systems: Facts and Figures

Drinking Water Glossary (Consumer Version)

Safe Drinking Water Hotline

Annual Consumer Confidence Reports Online CCRs for some communities can be found on the local Massachusetts water department websites listed below.

Drinking Water Standards for Public Water Supplies

(Federal and State)

National Drinking Water Standards (EPA)

Massachusetts Drinking Water Standards and Guidelines (MassDEP)

Primary, Secondary, and Unregulated Contaminants in Water (EPA)

How Water Quality is Measured (MWRA)

Laws and Regulations for Public Water Supplies
(Federal and State)

The Safe Drinking Water Act (EPA)

Massachusetts Drinking Water Regulations (310 CMR 22.00) (255 pages) (MassDEP)

National Drinking Water Regulations and Guidance (EPA)

Dictionary of Technical and Legal Drinking Water Terms (65 pages) (EPA)

Health

Drinking Water and Health: What You Need to Know (EPA)

Kids' Health: Children & Drinking Water Standards (EPA)

Contaminant-Specific Fact Sheets (EPA)

Lead and Other Contaminants in Drinking Water (MassDEP)

Private Wells

MassDEP Resources for Massachusetts Private Well Owners

Certified Laboratories in Massachusetts (MassDEP)

Wellowner.org (National Ground Water Association)

Massachusetts Well Drillers Program (DCR)

Private Drinking Water Wells (EPA)

Water Testing Basics for Private Wells (American Ground Water Trust)

Q & A about Contamination of Private Wells (Wisconsin DNR)

Source Protection

EPA Source Water Protection Resources

Groundwater and Surface Water Protection in Massachusetts (MassDEP)

Massachusetts Source Water Assessment Program (MassDEP)

Ground Water Primer (EPA)

Groundwater Guardian Program for Protecting Local Resources (The Groundwater Foundation)

Water Supply Protection in the Quabbin, Ware River, and Wachusett Watersheds (DCR)

Water Conservation

Water Sense: Efficiency Made Easy (EPA)

Massachusetts Water Management Act Regulations and Water Conservation Guidance (MassDEP)

Water Wiser Drip Calculator (AWWA)

H₂O Use Water Saver Home

Water Q & A: Water Use at Home (USGS)

Guide to Lawn and Landscape Water Conservation: A Guide for Communities, Managers, Property Owners, and State Agencies (30 pages) (Massachusetts Water Resources Commission)

Drought Status in Massachusetts and Helpful Links

Cleaner Water Through Conservation (EPA)

Water Use in the United States (USGS)

Home Water-Saving Tips (MWRA)

Water-Efficient Appliances and Fixtures (MWRA)

Garden and Landscaping Water-Saving Tips (MWRA)

Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Water Management (Case Studies) (MWRA)

Bottled Water

Information about Bottled Water Sold in Massachusetts (DPH)

Money Down the Drain? A Review of Bottled Water in Massachusetts (MA Senate No. 2135, March 2000)

Bottled Water: New Trends, New Rules (FDA)

Bottled Water: Pure Drink or Pure Hype? (NRDC)
(Go to Overview for a quick summary)

Fluoridation

Communities in Massachusetts that Receive Fluoridated Water

Massachusetts Coalition for Oral Health

The Massachusetts Fluoridation Law (C. 111, Sec. 8A)

Local Water Department Links for

Massachusetts Communities

(many sites include annual Consumer Confidence Reports)

A-C      D-F     G-K     L-M     N-O     P-T     U-Z

A-C

Acton Water District

Acushnet DPW, Water/Sewer Department

Agawam Department of Public Works

Amesbury DPW & Water/Sewer

Amherst Department of Public Works

Andover DPW, Water Division

Arlington DPW, Water Division

Auburn Water District

Avon Water Department

Ayer DPW, Water Division

Barnstable DPW, Water Supply Division

Barre Department of Public Works

Bedford DPW, Water & Sewer Department

Bellingham Department of Public Works

Belmont DPW, Water Division

Beverly DPW, Water Division

Billerica DPW, Water Division

Blackstone Water Department

Boston Water and Sewer Commission

Braintree Water and Sewer Department

Brewster Water Department

Bridgewater Water Department

Brockton Water Division, DPW

Brookline DPW, Water Division

Burlington Water Department

Cambridge Water Department

Cohasset Water Department

Cohasset - Aquarion Water Company of Massachusetts

Concord Public Work, Water/Sewer Division

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Dalton Fire and Water District

Danvers Water Department

Dartmouth Water and Sewer Division, DPW

Dedham-Westwood Water District

Dennis Water District

Devens Utilities Division

Dracut - Kenwood Water Department

Dudley Water Department

Dunstable Water Department

Duxbury Water and Sewer

East Bridgewater Water Department

East Longmeadow Department of Public Works

Easton Water Division, DPW

Fall River Water Department

Falmouth Water Department

Fitchburg DPW, Water Division

Foxborough Water Department

Framingham Public Works, Water Division

Franklin Water/Sewer Division, DPW

Freetown Water Commission

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Gardner Water Department

Georgetown Water Department

Gloucester DPW, Water Division

Greenfield DPW, Water Division

Groton Water Department

Hadley Water Department, DPW

Halifax Water Department

Hampden Water District

Harvard DPW, Water Division

Harwich Water Department

Haverhill Water Division

Hingham - Aquarion Water Company of Massachusetts

Holden DPW, Water Division

Holliston Water Department

Holyoke Water Works

Hopkinton Water Department

Hudson DPW, Water Supply Division

Hull - Aquarion Water Company of Massachusetts

Huntington Water Department

Ipswich Utilities Department, Water Division

Kingston Water Department

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Lanesborough Water District

Leicester Water Districts (Leicester, Hillcrest, and             Cherry Valley - Rochdale)

Lenox DPW, Water Division

Leominster DPW, Water Division

Lexington DPW, Water & Sewer Division

Lincoln Water Department

Littleton Water Department

Longmeadow Water & Sewer, DPW

Lowell Regional Water Utility

Lynn Water and Sewer Commission

Manchester-by-the-Sea DPW, Water Supply

Mansfield Water Department, DPW

Marblehead Water & Sewer Commission

Marlborough DPW, Water & Sewer Division

Marshfield DPW, Water Division

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA)

Mattapoisett Water and Sewer Department

Maynard Water Division, DPW

Medfield Department of Public Works

Medway Water/Sewer Department

Melrose DPW, Water and Sewer Division

Methuen Water Department

Middleton DPW, Water Department

Milford Water Company

Millbury - Aquarion Water Company of Massachusetts

Monson Water/Sewer Department

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Nahant Public Works Department

Nantucket - Wannacomet Water Commission

Natick DPW, Water Division

Needham DPW, Water & Sewer Division

New Bedford Water Department

Newburyport Water Works

Newton Utilities (Water & Sewer) Division, DPW

Norfolk DPW, Water Division

North Andover Water Department, DPW

North Attleborough DPW, Water Supply

Northborough DPW, Water & Sewer

Northbridge - Whitinsville Water Company

North Brookfield Water Department

Northampton DPW, Water Division

North Reading DPW, Water Division

Norton Water Department

Norwell Water Department

Norwood Water Division, DPW

Orleans Water Department

Oxford - Aquarion Water Company of Massachusetts

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Paxton Department of Public Works

Peabody Water-Sewer Department

Pepperell DPW, Water Division

Pittsfield Department of Public Works & Utilities

Plainville Water & Sewer Department

Plymouth DPW, Water Division

Provincetown Water Department

Reading Department of Public Works

Revere Water and Sewer Department

Rockport Department of Public Works

Rowley Water Department

Salisbury Department of Public Works

Saugus Department of Public Works

Scituate DPW, Water Division

Shrewsbury Water and Sewer Department

Somerville Water and Sewer Enterprise

South Hadley Water Districts #1 and 2

Southborough DPW, Water Division

Southbridge DPW, Water Division

Southwick DPW, Water Division

Spencer Water Department

Springfield Water and Sewer Commission

Sterling DPW, Water Division

Stockbridge Water Department

Sturbridge Department of Public Works

Sutton, Manchaug Water District

Sutton, Wilkinsonville Water District

Swampscott Water and Sewer Services

Swansea Water District

Taunton Water Department

Templeton Municipal Light & Water

Tewksbury DPW, Water & Sewer Division

Tisbury Water Works

Tolland Health Agent (private well permits)

Townsend Water Department

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Upton Department of Public Works

Uxbridge Department of Public Works

Wakefield Department of Public Works

Walpole Water Department

Waltham Water & Sewer Department, DPW

Watertown Water Department

Wayland Water Department

Wellesley Water & Sewer Division, DPW

Wenham Water Department

Westborough DPW, Water Division

West Boylston Water District

West Bridgewater Water Department

West Brookfield Water Department

Westfield Water Department

Westford Water Department

Westminster Department of Public Works

West Newbury Water Department

Weston Department of Public Works

West Springfield Department of Public Works

Westwood: Dedham-Westwood Water District

Weymouth DPW, Water & Sewer Division

Whately Water Commission

Wilbraham DPW, Water Division

Williamstown DPW, Water and Sewer Division

Wilmington Water & Sewer Department

Winchendon Department of Public Works

Winchester Department of Public Works

Winthrop DPW, Water and Sewer Division

Woburn Water Department

Worcester DPW, Water Operations

Yarmouth Water Department