Lead · Massachusetts
Lead in Massachusetts water
Lead was detected in 139 of 158 Massachusetts cities with a published result.
Where lead is found in Massachusetts
139 cities where lead was detected
Cities where detected · above the action level first
- Abington/Rockland Joint WtrDetected
- Acton DistrictDetected
- AgawamDetected
- Amesbury DivDetected
- AmherstDetected
- Arlington (Mwra)Detected
- AshlandDetected
- AtholDetected
- AttleboroDetected
- Auburn DistrictDetected
- BedfordDetected
- BellinghamDetected
- Belmont (Mwra)Detected
- BeverlyDetected
- BillericaDetected
- BostonDetected
- Bourne DistrictDetected
- BraintreeDetected
- BrewsterDetected
- BridgewaterDetected
- BrocktonDetected
- BrooklineDetected
- BurlingtonDetected
- CambridgeDetected
- CantonDetected
- Centerville Osterville Marstons Mills WdDetected
- ChathamDetected
- Chelmsford DistrictDetected
- Chelsea (Mwra)Detected
- Chicopee (Mwra)Detected
- ConcordDetected
- DanversDetected
- DartmouthDetected
- Dedham Westwood DistDetected
- DuxburyDetected
- East BridgewaterDetected
- EasthamptonDetected
- Easton DivDetected
- Everett (Mwra)Detected
- FairhavenDetected
- Fall RiverDetected
- FalmouthDetected
- FitchburgDetected
- Framingham (Mwra)Detected
- FranklinDetected
- GardnerDetected
- GloucesterDetected
- Grafton DistrictDetected
- GreenfieldDetected
- HanoverDetected
- HolbrookDetected
- HoldenDetected
- HollistonDetected
- HolyokeDetected
- HopkintonDetected
- HudsonDetected
- Ipswich DpuDetected
- KingstonDetected
- LeominsterDetected
- Lexington (Mwra)Detected
- LongmeadowDetected
- LongmeadowDetected
- Lynn CommDetected
- Malden (Mwra)Detected
- MansfieldDetected
- Marblehead (Mwra)Detected
- Marlborough Div (Mwra)Detected
- MarshfieldDetected
- Mashpee DistrictDetected
- MaynardDetected
- MedfieldDetected
- Medford (Mwra)Detected
- Melrose (Mwra)Detected
- MethuenDetected
- MiddleboroughDetected
- MilfordDetected
- Milton (Mwra)Detected
- NeedhamDetected
- New BedfordDetected
- Newton (Mwra)Detected
- NorthamptonDetected
- Northborough (Mwra)Detected
- NortonDetected
- NorwellDetected
- Norwood (Mwra)Detected
- Oak Bluffs DistrictDetected
- PeabodyDetected
- PembrokeDetected
- Pittsfield DpuDetected
- PlymouthDetected
- ProvincetownDetected
- Quincy (Mwra)Detected
- RandolphDetected
- Raynham Center DistrictDetected
- ReadingDetected
- Reading (Mwra)Detected
- Revere (Mwra)Detected
- Saugus (Mwra)Detected
- ScituateDetected
- Seekonk DistrictDetected
- SharonDetected
- SomersetDetected
- Somerville (Mwra)Detected
- South Hadley Fd #1 (Mwra)Detected
- Southborough (Mwra)Detected
- SouthbridgeDetected
- SpringfieldDetected
- Stoneham (Mwra Supply)Detected
- StoughtonDetected
- Sudbury DistrictDetected
- Swampscott (Mwra)Detected
- Swansea DistrictDetected
- TauntonDetected
- TewksburyDetected
- UxbridgeDetected
- WakefieldDetected
- WalpoleDetected
- WalthamDetected
- WannacometDetected
- WareDetected
- Wareham Fire DistrictDetected
- WatertownDetected
- WaylandDetected
- WebsterDetected
- Weir RiverDetected
- WellesleyDetected
- West Springfield DpwDetected
- WestboroughDetected
- WestfieldDetected
- WestfordDetected
- WestonDetected
- WeymouthDetected
- WilmingtonDetected
- WinchesterDetected
- Winthrop (Mwra)Detected
- WoburnDetected
- WorcesterDetected
- WrenthamDetected
- YarmouthDetected
Not detected or no usable result: 19 cities
- AndoverNot detected
- ClintonNot detected
- Dennis DistrictNot detected
- Dracut DistrictNot detected
- FoxboroNot detected
- HarwichNot detected
- HaverhillNot detected
- Hyannis Town BarnstableNot detected
- LawrenceNot detected
- LowellNot detected
- MedwayNot detected
- NatickNot detected
- NewburyportNot detected
- North AdamsNot detected
- OrleansNot detected
- RockportNot detected
- Sandwich DistrictNot detected
- ShrewsburyNot detected
- WhitmanNot detected
Values are from the published EPA record; a contaminant that was never tested is shown as pending, never as a pass. Above the action level is a regulatory trigger for the system, not a measurement of any single home.
Treatment, if a finding establishes a need
What can carry a lead reduction claim
- Reverse osmosis
Semi-permeable membrane separation removing dissolved minerals, heavy metals, and persistent fluorinated chemicals down to 0.0001 microns.
- NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 53 lead-certified filters
- Replacing lead service lines
What does not help
Boiling does not remove a dissolved chemical compound and can concentrate it. Many pitcher and refrigerator filters carry no verified claim for a compound like this at all.
Order of operations
A finding establishes the need, the need names the capability, the capability requires a verified certification. No product appears before that sequence completes. Filter Finder →