- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 1.8 ppt, highest 7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Feb 2024–Nov 2024)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 4.1 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, 2021–Dec 31, 2023). 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 New Bedford tap water? What EPA records show
EPA MA4201000 · serves New Bedford, MA · about 101,079 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
City of New Bedford Dpi (EPA MA4201000)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For New Bedford's main utility, City of New Bedford Dpi: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (MA4201000) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for City of New Bedford Dpi, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (MA4201000) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for City of New Bedford Dpi (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 4.1 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, 2021–Dec 31, 2023). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
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 City of New Bedford Dpi use chloramine?
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for City of New Bedford Dpi. EPA record