Washington Acres, MA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11.5 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Washington Acres at a glance
Washington Acres serves about 30 people through 12 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. EPA system ID: MA1024015; phone on file: 4134544520. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 10 ppb from 1.5 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Washington Acres is 11.5 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2024 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.85 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.4 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. Washington Acres's 11.5 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Massachusetts and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
27 other systems share Hampshire County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Washington Acres. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Amherst Dpw Water Division | 39,263 | 8 ppb |
| Northampton Water Division | 29,571 | 1.2 ppb |
| Easthampton Water Dept | 16,211 | 2.5 ppb |
| South Hadley Fd #1 (Mwra) | 14,800 | 4 ppb |
| Ware Water Dept | 10,066 | 4.7 ppb |
| South Hadley Fire District #2 Water Dept | 6,200 | 5.3 ppb |
| Southampton Water Dept | 4,853 | 4.1 ppb |
| Hadley Dpw Water Division | 4,819 | 4.6 ppb |
| Belchertown Water District | 3,253 | 3 ppb |
| Hatfield Water Dept | 3,164 | 23.1 ppb |
Next steps for Belchertown, MA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Belchertown, 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 Washington Acres 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.