Fitchburg Dpw Division Of Water Supply, MA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Fitchburg Dpw Division Of Water Supply serves about 41,946 people through 11,575 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 Worcester County, Massachusetts. EPA system ID: MA2097000; phone on file: 9783459616. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 2 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2026. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fitchburg Dpw Division Of Water Supply is 5 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 ppb |
| 2026 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 3 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. Fitchburg Dpw Division Of Water Supply's 5 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Massachusetts and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Worcester County
107 other systems share Worcester County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fitchburg Dpw Division Of Water Supply. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Worcester Dpwp, Water Supply Division | 206,518 | 2 ppb |
| Leominster Water Division | 41,683 | 2.8 ppb |
| Shrewsbury Water Department | 38,325 | 0 (not detected) |
| Milford Water Department | 30,379 | 1 ppb |
| Westborough Water Department | 21,567 | 1.8 ppb |
| Gardner Water Department | 21,381 | 8 ppb |
| Southbridge Water Department | 19,562 | 3 ppb |
| Holden Water Division, Dpw | 18,016 | 3.1 ppb |
| Webster Water Department | 17,776 | 3.7 ppb |
| Clinton Water Dept | 15,428 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fitchburg, 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 Fitchburg Dpw Division Of Water Supply 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.