At least one open health-based violation as of 2026-09-16.
EPA record checked 2026-10-06
From EPA's record for MA3035000. PurityMap is independent of Boston Water and Sewer Commission.
Every community water system publishes one each year.
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36 results are on record. These 5 come first, closest to a legal limit first.
1health-based violation in the last 10 years · at least one open as of 2026-09-16
From EPA SDWIS. Counted once per contaminant per year in the Track record subject score. A violation record is a compliance fact, not a health verdict.
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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
Turnaround: 5 minutes
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
Environmental Testing and Research Laboratories (ETR Labs), Leominster, MA · ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ANAB certificate AT-2638 · 2–4 business days after the lab receives it
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.
One email when a new sampling round is published or a result moves across its reference.
Follow this water →Its official website is bwsc.org, its phone number on EPA record is 6179897000 and its mailing address is 980 HARRISON AVE, BOSTON, MA 02119. These details come from the system's EPA record and a check of its website.
Bills, starting service and stopping service are handled by Boston Water and Sewer Commission on its official website, bwsc.org. PurityMap does not take payments.
EPA's records list Boston Water and Sewer Commission as serving Boston, Massachusetts. Your water bill names your supplier.
PurityMap's record for Boston Water and Sewer Commission holds results for 29 PFAS substances. None was detected, and none is above a federal legal limit. Each result links to its source in the city report.
At least one open health-based violation as of 2026-09-16: that is what EPA's record shows for Boston Water and Sewer Commission. The record comes from EPA's SDWIS compliance database.
Boston Water and Sewer Commission is on EPA record as drawing from surface water.
Start with the hot-or-cold tap check. Where Boston Water and Sewer Commission reported something related, it's shown below.
Lead at Boston Water and Sewer Commission: 5.8 µg/L (90th percentile, 2026 monitoring period (still open)). Lead has no taste, so a taste neither shows nor rules it out.
Copper: 0.097 mg/L (utility water-quality report, 2025). The federal action level is 1.3 mg/L.