CITY WATER REPORT
Is Worcester Tap Water Safe? 2026 Water Quality Report
WORCESTER DPWP, WATER SUPPLY DIVISION serves Worcester · 206,518 residents.
- Utility
- WORCESTER DPWP, WATER SUPPLY DIVISION
- Population served
- 206,518
- Water source
- Surface water
- Disinfectant
- chlorine
- Hardness
- 1.8 gpg · soft
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA): not detected (limit 4.0 ng/L).
About this score
What the record shows
WORCESTER DPWP, WATER SUPPLY DIVISION (EPA PWSID MA2348000) delivers surface water to 206,518 residents. This report reflects 3 federally regulated PFAS result(s) from the 2024 UCMR5 round and the latest Lead & Copper Rule 90th-percentile result. The utility's 2025 CCR reports soft water and chlorine disinfection.
Your water system
resolution confirmed
- WORCESTER DPWP, WATER SUPPLY DIVISION — serves most of the city
WORCESTER DPWP, WATER SUPPLY DIVISION is the primary municipal supplier for most Worcester addresses. Confirm your supplier on your utility bill.
WORCESTER DPWP, WATER SUPPLY DIVISION is the public system on record for this city. This identifies which utility serves the city — confirm yours on your water bill before acting on a specific finding.
What stands out in Worcester
Each row links to a dated measurement in the supplier profile. A missing measurement is never shown as a non-detect.
What this data doesn’t tell you
Public water-system monitoring reflects the system, not the water at an individual household tap at a given moment. Home plumbing, fixtures, storage, sampling location and timing can all change what actually reaches your glass.
The data behind this report
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
- Result
- < 4 ng/L
- Benchmark
- 4.0 ng/L federal MCL (2024)
- Sampled
- 2024
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS)
- Result
- < 4 ng/L
- Benchmark
- 4.0 ng/L federal MCL (2024)
- Sampled
- 2024
Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS)
- Result
- < 10 ng/L
- Benchmark
- 10.0 ng/L federal MCL (2024)
- Sampled
- 2024
Lead (90th percentile)
- Result
- 2 µg/L
- Benchmark
- 15 µg/L federal action level
- Sampled
- 2022-2024
Water hardness
- Result
- 1.8 gpg
- Benchmark
- Aesthetic — no federal health limit
- Sampled
- 2025
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
- Result
- 63 ppb
- Benchmark
- 80 ppb federal MCL
- Sampled
- 2025
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- Result
- 41 ppb
- Benchmark
- 60 ppb federal MCL
- Sampled
- 2025
Nitrate
- Result
- 0.291 mg/L
- Benchmark
- 10 mg/L
- Sampled
- 2025
Copper
- Result
- 0.095 mg/L
- Benchmark
- 1.3 mg/L (action level)
- Sampled
- 2025
Fluoride
- Result
- 0.1 mg/L
- Benchmark
- 4.0 mg/L
- Sampled
- 2025
Every value is the published result from the cited public record. A reporting limit is the lowest level the method could reliably quantify — a non-detect is not a guarantee of zero.
What can you do about it?
To reduce exposure to what was reported in Worcester, these treatment technologies are relevant to the contaminants found here:
- Reverse osmosis
- NSF/ANSI 53 lead-certified filters
- Replacing lead service lines
- Ion-exchange water softener
- Salt-free conditioner
- Reverse osmosis (point-of-use)
- Activated carbon
- Anion exchange
- Distillation
- Corrosion-control / pH adjustment
- Flushing standing water before use
- Activated alumina / adsorptive media
Understand water treatment technologies — then the specific products below are matched to these findings.
Recommended solutions
NSF/ANSI 53 lead-reduction filter (optional)
leadOur pick: Clearly Filtered Water Filter Pitcher, 10 Cup BPA Free Water Filtration
Recommended because There is no safe level of lead, and older home plumbing can add it at the tap.
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Frequently asked questions
Who provides tap water in Worcester?
WORCESTER DPWP, WATER SUPPLY DIVISION (PWS ID MA2348000) is the public water system on record for Worcester, Massachusetts. Confirm the utility on your water bill before acting on a specific finding.
Where does Worcester get its drinking water?
Surface water (primary source of record in EPA SDWIS).
What does the latest Worcester water report show?
Across the tracked parameters, PurityMap's current record for Worcester shows 0 contaminants measured above their benchmark and 10 within benchmark. Each finding links to its dated public record; a parameter that was never monitored is shown as pending, not as a pass.
Is there lead in Worcester's tap water?
In Worcester, lead is detected but within its action level in the published record. Lead can still enter water from household plumbing after it leaves the system, so a system result cannot rule out an individual tap — a certified home test is the only way to know yours.
Are PFAS "forever chemicals" in Worcester's water?
PFAS compounds appear in Worcester's published record; the findings show each one's measured state and how it compares to its benchmark.
Is Worcester's water hard?
Worcester's water is recorded as 1.8 gpg — soft. Hardness is an aesthetic and plumbing characteristic, not a health-based limit.
Sources
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- Systems published
- 1 of 1
- Latest sample on record
- 2024 (PFAS) / LCR (lead)
The record, not the water. These describe how completely the city is monitored — not a quality score.