Agawam Water Department, MA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Agawam Water Department at a glance
Agawam Water Department serves about 28,692 people through 10,152 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Hampden County, Massachusetts. EPA system ID: MA1005000; phone on file: 4138210600. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2017 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Agawam Water Department is 2.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.9 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 535 Massachusetts systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.7 ppb; 13 are over 15 ppb right now and 66 have gone over at some point. Agawam Water Department's 1.5 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in Massachusetts and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
26 other systems share Hampden County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Agawam Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Springfield Water And Sewer Commission | 169,170 | 3.5 ppb |
| Chicopee Water Dept (Mwra) | 55,560 | 1.5 ppb |
| Westfield Dpwwater Division | 41,094 | 2.7 ppb |
| Holyoke Water Works | 37,838 | 9 ppb |
| West Springfield Dpw Water Division | 28,835 | 1.6 ppb |
| East Longmeadow Dpw Water Dept | 16,358 | 1.4 ppb |
| Longmeadow Water Dept | 15,853 | 1.8 ppb |
| Wilbraham Water Dept (Mwra) | 8,533 | 5.63 ppb |
| Southwick Water Dept | 7,669 | 2.6 ppb |
| Palmer Water District No.1 | 4,789 | 4.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Agawam, MA may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Agawam Water Department whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.