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EPA ID MA6000000 · checked 16 Oct 2026

Greater Boston (wholesale supplier) tap water: what EPA testing found

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) (EPA record: MWRA) serves 2,580,000 people in MA from surface water. It also sells water to other utilities.

What the data shows

EPA has no UCMR 5 results filed under this system’s own ID.

PFAS and lithium

EPA’s UCMR 5 dataset has no results under this system’s ID. It is a wholesale supplier; the utilities that buy its water report their own results. Boston Water and Sewer Commission is one of them.

Health-based violations since 2016

None in EPA’s SDWIS data.

Source: EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts and the ECHO report for MA6000000, retrieved 16 Oct 2026.

Hardness

0.8 grains per gallon (average, 2025), from the utility’s water report checked 16 Oct 2026. Size a softener for this water.

Places and ZIP codes served

No ZIP codes reported to EPA under this ID.