- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
- 6:2 FTS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 1.5 ppt, highest 6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Dec 2023)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 0 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, 2026–Dec 31, 2028). 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 Pawtucket tap water? What EPA records show
EPA RI1592021 · serves Central Falls, RI · about 98,130 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
Pawtucket Water Supply Board Veolia-Na (EPA RI1592021)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Pawtucket's main utility, Pawtucket Water Supply Board Veolia-Na: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (RI1592021) 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 Pawtucket Water Supply Board Veolia-Na, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (RI1592021) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Pawtucket Water Supply Board Veolia-Na (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 0 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, 2026–Dec 31, 2028). 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 Pawtucket Water Supply Board Veolia-Na use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Pawtucket Water Supply Board Veolia-Na's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.