- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 5.
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 8 of 12 samples, average 4.1 ppt, highest 7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Oct 2025) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 8 of 12 samples, average 3 ppt, highest 4.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Oct 2025)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 8 of 12 samples, average 2.9 ppt, highest 4.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Oct 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 3 of 12 samples, average 1.4 ppt, highest 6.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Oct 2025)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 2 of 12 samples, average 0.50 ppt, highest 3.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Oct 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 4.18 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Peabody tap water? What EPA records show
EPA MA3229000 · serves Peabody, MA · about 54,481 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Peabody Water Dept. (EPA MA3229000)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Peabody's main utility, Peabody Water Dept.: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (MA3229000) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Peabody Water Dept., as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (MA3229000) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Peabody Water Dept. (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 4.18 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 5.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Peabody Water Dept. use chloramine?
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for Peabody Water Dept.. EPA record