Turners Falls Water Dept, MA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 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
Turners Falls Water Dept serves about 8,080 people through 2,298 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Franklin County, Massachusetts. EPA system ID: MA1192000; phone on file: 4138634542. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Turners Falls Water Dept's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Turners Falls Water Dept is 5.8 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.5 ppb |
Against other Massachusetts systems
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. Turners Falls Water Dept's 1.9 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Massachusetts and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
24 other systems share Franklin County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than Turners Falls Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greenfield Water Department | 17,768 | 3.32 ppb |
| Orange Water Dept | 6,526 | 2.6 ppb |
| South Deerfield Water Supply District | 3,800 | 3 ppb |
| Sunderland Water District | 3,190 | 3.9 ppb |
| Shelburne Falls Fire District | 1,806 | 2.8 ppb |
| Bernardston Fire Water Dist | 1,471 | 1.3 ppb |
| Deerfield Fire District | 1,300 | 1.4 ppb |
| Whately Water Department | 900 | 1.5 ppb |
| Northfield Water District | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northfield Mt Hermon School | 750 | 2.64 ppb |
Next steps for Turners Falls, MA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Turners Falls, 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 Turners Falls Water Dept 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.