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Worcester County, Massachusetts: drinking water records

Name: Drinking water records for Worcester County, Massachusetts
Creator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Explore EPA records for 110 community water systems across 85 ZIP codes in Worcester County, then find water-testing resources and available recent monitoring-station readings.

In focus110Community water systems

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Data as of EPA UCMR 5 final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026) · EPA SDWIS 2026Q2 (file dated Jul 9, 2026). How we build these pages

Drinking-water records

EPA survey and compliance records are historical reports. UCMR 5 results are available for 43 of the 110 listed systems in this snapshot. A system with no reported PFAS detection is not a test of every tap or every contaminant.

systems in EPA's PFAS survey

systems where PFAS was found

systems at or above the PFOA or PFOS limit, on the yearly-average basis EPA uses

systems that have reached the lead action level

systems with a health-based violation since 2016

System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.

Water systems in this county

All 110 active community systems in the available county records, sorted by record completeness. Scroll the table to explore more systems.

Water system	People served	PFAS survey results	PFAS found	Health-based violations	Lead, 9 in 10 homes at or below
Leominster Water Division MA2153000	41,683	420	1	2	2.8 ppbbelow the action level
Westborough Water Department MA2328000	21,567	360	3	1	0 ppbbelow the action level
Gardner Water Department MA2103000	21,381	180	0	1	3 ppbbelow the action level
Auburn Water District MA2017000	12,255	360	4	1	1.9 ppbbelow the action level
Whitinsville Water Company MA2216000	7,899	240	0	1	0 ppbbelow the action level
Sterling Water Department MA2282000	6,715	120	1	1	4 ppbbelow the action level
Rutland Water Department MA2257000	6,025	240	0	4	3.1 ppbbelow the action level
Sturbridge Water Department MA2287000	4,746	240	0	1	0 ppbbelow the action level
Worcester Dpwp, Water Supply Division MA2348000	206,518	116	1	0	2 ppbbelow the action level
Fitchburg DPW Division of Water Supply MA2097000	41,946	240	3	0	4 ppbbelow the action level
Shrewsbury Water Department MA2271000	38,325	60	5	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Milford Water Department MA2185000	30,379	155	5	0	3 ppbbelow the action level
Southbridge Water Department MA2278000	19,562	120	1	0	3 ppbbelow the action level
Holden Water Division, DPW MA2134000	18,016	300	5	0	3.1 ppbbelow the action level
Webster Water Department MA2316000	17,776	120	3	0	2.6 ppbbelow the action level
Clinton Water Dept MA2064000	15,428	120	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Northborough Water Department (MWRA) MA2215000	13,551	120	0	0	1.0 ppbbelow the action level
Uxbridge DPW, Water Division MA2304000	11,612	180	3	0	1.3 ppbbelow the action level
Aquarion Water Company, Millbury MA2186000	11,368	300	7	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Grafton Water District MA2110000	10,925	240	5	0	8.3 ppbbelow the action level
Southborough DPW Water Division (MWRA) MA2277000	10,638	120	0	0	1 ppbbelow the action level
Athol DPW Water Division MA1015000	10,587	120	0	0	3.6 ppbbelow the action level
Blackstone Water Department MA2032000	9,463	60	1	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Northbridge Water Division MA2216006	8,127	120	0	0	2 ppbbelow the action level
Aquarion Water Company Oxford MA2226000	7,384	180	1	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Lunenburg Water District MA2162000	7,219	120	3	0	2.4 ppbbelow the action level
Spencer Water Department MA2280000	7,037	120	0	0	1.6 ppbbelow the action level
West Boylston Water District MA2321000	6,919	300	3	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Templeton Munic. Light and Water Plant MA2294000	6,159	240	4	0	1.5 ppbbelow the action level
Hopedale Water Department MA2138000	6,017	120	4	0	1.9 ppbbelow the action level
Lancaster Water Department MA2147000	6,000	120	0	0	7 ppbbelow the action level
Winchendon Water Department MA2343000	5,706	120	0	0	1 ppbbelow the action level
Dudley Water Department MA2080000	5,515	60	0	0	1.2 ppbbelow the action level
Upton DPW Water/Wastewater Division MA2303000	4,420	180	0	0	1.6 ppbbelow the action level
Douglas Water Department MA2077000	4,400	120	4	0	2.4 ppbbelow the action level
Paxton Water Department MA2228000	4,300	120	3	0	3 ppbbelow the action level
Westminster Department of Public Works MA2332000	3,889	120	0	0	3.5 ppbbelow the action level
North Brookfield Water Department MA2212000	3,863	120	0	0	2 ppbbelow the action level
Cherry Valley/ Rochdale Water District MA2151001	3,696	240	2	0	1.5 ppbbelow the action level
Ashburnham Water Department MA2011000	3,680	120	0	0	1 ppbbelow the action level
Boylston Water District MA2039000	3,343	180	2	0	3.1 ppbbelow the action level
Barre Water Department MA2021000	2,610	180	0	0	1.5 ppbbelow the action level
Millbury Ind. Park/ Park Hill Village MA2186001	400	0	0	1	0 ppbbelow the action level
Lancaster Woods Condominiums MA2147008	120	0	0	1	1.5 ppbbelow the action level
Hardwick Center Water District MA1124000	80	0	0	1	16.4 ppbat or above the action level
Cady Brook Crossing Condominiums MA2054050	75	0	0	2	3 ppbbelow the action level
Cool Sandy Beach Community Water System MA2257003	70	0	0	2	1.6 ppbbelow the action level
Bolton Country Manor MA2034027	60	0	0	1	0 ppbbelow the action level
Pine Hill Village Condominiums MA2125025	60	0	0	2	0.6 ppbbelow the action level
Toria Heights Condominium MA2226007	60	0	0	2	0.6 ppbbelow the action level
Madden Estates MA2323002	50	0	0	6	0 ppbbelow the action level
Foxglove Apartments MA2125013	40	0	0	1	0 ppbbelow the action level
Countryside Condominium MA2110004	30	0	0	1	1.6 ppbbelow the action level
Ash/Win Joint Water Authority MA2011004	11,394	120	0	0	not reported
South Grafton Water District MA2110001	3,262	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
West Brookfield Water Department MA2323000	3,217	0	0	0	3 ppbbelow the action level
Leicester Water Supply District MA2151000	3,200	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Wilkinsonville Water District MA2290014	2,773	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Warren Water District MA1311000	2,289	0	0	0	1.2 ppbbelow the action level
Elm Hill Water District MA2017001	2,278	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
East Brookfield Water Department MA2084000	1,526	0	0	0	4.8 ppbbelow the action level
Hillcrest Water District MA2151002	1,500	0	0	0	1.8 ppbbelow the action level
Harvard Water Department MA2125000	1,422	0	0	0	4.3 ppbbelow the action level
Riverbridge MA2028020	1,330	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Gilbertville Water District MA1124001	1,089	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Brookfield Water Department MA2045000	1,008	0	0	0	2.2 ppbbelow the action level
West Warren Water District MA1311001	927	0	0	0	2.4 ppbbelow the action level
Bolton Office Park Alta Nashoba Valley MA2034019	788	0	0	0	1 ppbbelow the action level
Manchaug Water District of Sutton MA2290001	476	0	0	0	2 ppbbelow the action level
Mendon Water Department MA2179000	470	0	0	0	1 ppbbelow the action level
Sturbridge Retirement Coop. Corp. MA2287020	350	0	0	0	4 ppbbelow the action level
Eagle Hill School MA1124003	300	0	0	0	1.6 ppbbelow the action level
Wheelwright Water District MA1124002	300	0	0	0	3.6 ppbbelow the action level
South Royalston Improvement Corp MA1255000	275	0	0	0	0.6 ppbbelow the action level
Sawyer Hill Ecovillage MA2028017	272	0	0	0	5.2 ppbbelow the action level
Wagon Wheel Community, INC. MA2045004	228	0	0	0	1 ppbbelow the action level
Heritage Association MA1311002	158	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Ayer Road Properties LLC MA2125021	150	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Harvard Green Condominiums MA2125014	150	0	0	0	1.8 ppbbelow the action level
Meadowbrook Village Condominiums MA2028012	150	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Regency at Bolton Condominiums MA2034030	148	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Staffordshire Country Estates MA2151009	140	0	0	0	1.5 ppbbelow the action level
Century Mill Estates MA2034031	135	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Highland Ridge Condominiums MA2028022	132	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Holmes Park Water District MA2332001	131	0	0	0	1.5 ppbbelow the action level
Nanatomqua Mobile Home Park MA2045001	123	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Brookfield Meadows MHP MA2045005	120	0	0	0	3.4 ppbbelow the action level
Leino Park Water District MA2332005	120	0	0	0	5.4 ppbbelow the action level
Barre Mhp/Waterwheel Village MA2021001	114	0	0	0	1.7 ppbbelow the action level
Rockwood Meadows MA2303004	110	0	0	0	1 ppbbelow the action level
Trail Ridge Condominiums MA2125016	104	0	0	0	3 ppbbelow the action level
Northbrook Village II MA2028018	80	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Woodland Walk Apartments MA2054040	76	0	0	0	0.6 ppbbelow the action level
Laurel Hill Condominiums MA2110006	64	0	0	0	1.8 ppbbelow the action level
Cobblers Creek Condominiums MA2303005	54	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Sturbridge Crossing Condominium MA2287025	52	0	0	0	3.7 ppbbelow the action level
Applewood Home for Elders MA1015006	50	0	0	0	1.1 ppbbelow the action level
Pinewood on the Green Condos MA2226011	50	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Northbrook Village I / Berlin Ret. MA2028007	48	0	0	0	5 ppbbelow the action level
Saint Josephs Abbey MA2280002	45	0	0	0	2.3 ppbbelow the action level
Sunset Ridge Condominiums MA2034028	42	0	0	0	0.5 ppbbelow the action level
Briarwood Townhomes MA2140013	40	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Buffumville Heights Estates Condominium MA2226008	40	0	0	0	13.1 ppbbelow the action level
Craftsman Village Condominiums MA2125026	40	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Hubbardston House Apartments MA2140010	40	0	0	0	2.3 ppbbelow the action level
Silverleaf Hollow Condominiums MA2140011	40	0	0	0	5 ppbbelow the action level
Whitney Estates Condominiums MA2028015	40	0	0	0	0 ppbbelow the action level
Maplebrook Apartments MA2226009	33	0	0	0	2.7 ppbbelow the action level
Mendon Housing Authority MA2179001	31	0	0	0	0.7 ppbbelow the action level
Charlton Manor Rest Home MA2054005	26	0	0	0	0.5 ppbbelow the action level

Shaded rows report lead at or above the 15 ppb action level in their latest monitoring period. EPA sets that level for the value 9 in 10 sampled homes fall at or below; reaching it requires the utility to act, and it is not a measurement of any single tap. One system in this table is at or above it. What an action level means

USGS · Monitoring stations

The water, more recently.

Available station readings in Worcester County, Massachusetts. Each measurement keeps its time, unit and original source.

These readings describe water at a monitoring station. They do not test your tap, measure PFAS or lead, or determine whether water is safe to drink or swim in.

Recent observations load when this section comes into view.

How these readings update

We check for updates every 10 minutes while this section is visible and show supported observations from the last 48 hours. The time beside a reading is when USGS measured it; the checked time is when our service retrieved the response. We mark a reading more than 6 hours old as older. Provisional observations can change after USGS review. A missing reading does not mean zero or clean water.

Temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, conductivity, streamflow and water level are shown only where a station reports them. Different measurements have different units and sampling intervals. USGS data and documentation.

Your next step

Water testing, reports & local help.

Use these official directories to find your drinking-water agency, a certified laboratory and public water records. We have not yet added an individually reviewed local resource list for this county.

Official national directories

Water testing

Find your state’s private-well program

EPA’s state directory points well owners to local program information. Services and eligibility vary by state and county.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Source reviewed 2026-09-15 · Source updated 2026-08-05

Water testing

Find a certified drinking-water laboratory

Use EPA’s directory to reach your state’s laboratory certification program. EPA does not provide on-request testing of residential drinking water.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Source reviewed 2026-09-15 · Source updated 2026-08-11

Public records

Find your utility’s Consumer Confidence Report

EPA links to community water-system reports and explains how to read them. Look for your actual supplier rather than assuming every address in a county shares one system.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Source reviewed 2026-09-15 · Source updated 2026-09-09

Public records

Explore USGS water observations

Find current and historical observations from USGS monitoring locations, including available stream, lake, and groundwater data. Measurements vary by station and do not replace a test of your household water.

U.S. Geological Survey
Source reviewed 2026-09-15

A county overview cannot identify every property’s water provider. If you use a public water system, confirm its name on your bill and request its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Private wells need their own testing; public-system records do not describe a private well.

Understand water testing and laboratory reports

Resource descriptions are compiled by Tap Water Lookup. Review dates describe our source check, not a new water sample. How we review sources · Suggest a correction

Explore your area

Local coverage in Worcester County

85ZIP areas in this overview

Explore the water-system records, recent station readings and testing resources on this county page. They describe the systems and stations identified in each section; they are not a separate water test for every community.

Towns and communities

Athol
Baldwinville
Barre
Brookfield
Clinton
Cordaville
Devens
East Brookfield
East Douglas
Fiskdale
Fitchburg
Gardner
Hopedale
Leominster
Lunenburg
Milford
North Brookfield
Northborough
Oxford
Petersham
Rutland
South Ashburnham
South Lancaster
Southbridge Town
Spencer
Sturbridge
Upton
Warren
Webster
West Brookfield
West Warren
Westborough
Whitinsville
Winchendon
Worcester

Explore water-system records Find water-testing resources

View ZIP areas and understand coverage

01005Barre
01031
01037
01068
01074
01083Warren
01092West Warren
01094
01331Athol
01366Petersham
01368
01420Fitchburg
01430South Ashburnham
01434Devens
01436Baldwinville
01438
01440Gardner
01451
01452
01453Leominster
01462Lunenburg
01468Baldwinville
01473
01475Winchendon
01501
01503
01504
01505
01506Brookfield
01507
01510Clinton
01515East Brookfield
01516East Douglas
01518Fiskdale
01519
01520
01522
01523South Lancaster
01524
01525
01527
01529
01531
01532Northborough
01534Whitinsville
01535North Brookfield
01536
01537
01540Oxford
01541
01542
01543Rutland
01545Worcester
01550Southbridge Town
01560
01561South Lancaster
01562Spencer
01564
01566Sturbridge
01568Upton
01569
01570Webster
01571
01581Westborough
01583Worcester
01585West Brookfield
01588Whitinsville
01590
01602Worcester
01603Worcester
01604Worcester
01605Worcester
01606Worcester
01607Worcester
01608Worcester
01609Worcester
01610Worcester
01611
01612
01740
01745
01747Hopedale
01756
01757Milford
01772Cordaville

These Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are grouped here by their largest county overlap. A ZIP area can cross county lines and contain several water suppliers or private wells. Place labels reflect Census geography, not verified postal city names or utility service boundaries.

Records for these areas are currently presented in this county overview rather than individual ZIP reports. An unpublished report does not mean there are no water records. Confirm your supplier on your water bill; if you use a private well, testing your own well is the relevant next step.

Beyond this county page

Keep reading. Compare nearby.

PFASChoosing a PFAS filterPFAS was found in 24 of the 43 systems EPA surveyed here. See how to check a filter’s certified PFAS reduction.LeadChoosing a lead filter52 systems here have reached the lead action level. See how to check a filter’s lead-reduction certification.Your utilityFind your annual water reportConfirm the supplier on your bill, then read its Consumer Confidence Report for local results.

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Sources and scope

EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Database prepared 2026-09-03.

Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.

Compiled by Tap Water Lookup from the sources identified on this page. Read the methodology and review process.