Short answer: No measured result is above a legal limit. City of New Bedford DPI serves 101,079 residents.
EPA lists this system for the city. Your water bill or annual water quality report names your actual supplier.
Source: EPA SDWIS 2026Q2.
CITY OF NEW BEDFORD DPI (EPA PWSID MA4201000) delivers surface water to 101,079 residents. This report reflects 29 individual PFAS result(s) from the source UCMR5 observations and the latest Lead & Copper Rule 90th-percentile result. Water hardness and disinfectant type are pending the utility's own annual report.
0health-based violations in the last 10 years
From EPA SDWIS. A clean violation history means no enforcement action was recorded; it does not cover contaminants without a limit.
No result is not a pass. Your utility's annual water quality report may list them, and a certified lab test covers your own tap.
Plumbing inside a home can add lead that the system record can't show. A tap test tells you what reaches your glass.
lead 4.1 µg/L, below the 15 µg/L action level (detected below the limit); 5,676 lead service lines (context, not a tap measurement)
PFBA 7 ng/L detected (no federal or state limit)
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Screening: quick check, not lab-grade
Safe Home (EnviroTestKits)
Lead, read as one of three ranges: 0–4, 5–15 or 15+ ppb
What it can't tell you: It shows a lead range, not an exact level, and tests nothing else unless you pay extra for the optional lab test.
Lab-certified results
ETR Laboratories
50+ substances, including lead, copper, arsenic, nitrate, hardness and coliform bacteria
What it can't tell you: It does not test PFAS, and not every result on the panel falls under the lab's accredited scope.
Each card names which New Bedford findings its current certification covers, and which it doesn't.
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PurityMap does not give a safe/unsafe verdict; it shows what the public records measured. For New Bedford, PFBA 7 ng/L was detected, with no federal or state limit; the lead 90th-percentile result was 4.1 µg/L against the 15 µg/L action level. CITY OF NEW BEDFORD DPI (PWSID MA4201000) has a Purity Score of 95/100 (confidence: moderate), assessed at the water-system level and computed only from contaminants that were measured. Water can change in your own pipes, so a certified test is the only way to know what comes out of your tap.
CITY OF NEW BEDFORD DPI (PWS ID MA4201000) is the public water system on record for New Bedford, Massachusetts, serving about 101,079 people. Confirm the utility on your water bill before acting on a specific finding.
Surface water (primary source of record in EPA SDWIS).
Yes. In EPA's UCMR 5 testing (2024-02-07 to 2024-11-06), PFBA was detected at 7 ng/L. It has no federal or state limit, so PurityMap shows it without grading it. No PFAS with a limit was detected.
CITY OF NEW BEDFORD DPI's most recent lead 90th-percentile result (2021–2023) was 4.1 µg/L, below the 15 µg/L action level. That figure comes from sampled homes; lead usually enters from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.
PurityMap's current record for New Bedford holds 31 findings: 1 detected within the reference, 1 detected with no limit and 29 not detected. Each finding links to its dated public record; a parameter that was never monitored is shown as pending, not as a pass.
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| Contaminant | Result | Benchmark | Sampled | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead (90th percentile) | 4.1 µg/L | 15 µg/L federal action level | 2021–2023 monitoring period | Lead & Copper Rule 90th-percentile: CITY OF NEW BEDFORD DPI (MA4201000) |
| Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) | 7 ng/L | No federal or state limit; shown for transparency | 2024-02-07 to 2024-11-06 | UCMR5 Analytical Results: CITY OF NEW BEDFORD DPI (MA4201000) |
11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanone-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) (GenX chemicals)
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)
Perfluoro (2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid (PFEESA)
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA)
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)
Every value is the published result from the cited public record. A reporting limit is the lowest level the method could reliably quantify; a non-detect is not a guarantee of zero.
UCMR5 Analytical Results
UCMR5 Analytical Results: CITY OF NEW BEDFORD DPI (MA4201000)
US EPA
State SDWIS Compliance Record
Lead & Copper Rule 90th-percentile: CITY OF NEW BEDFORD DPI (MA4201000)
US EPA SDWIS
Methodology: how we analyze water. Prepared with AI assistance and reviewed by the PurityMap Editorial Team before publication.
Start with the hot-or-cold tap check. Where City of New Bedford DPI reported something related, it's shown below.
Lead at City of New Bedford DPI: 4.1 µg/L (90th percentile, 2021–2023 monitoring period). Lead has no taste, so a taste neither shows nor rules it out.