MA / Merrimac
MA · Tap water records
Merrimac tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Merrimac. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Merrimac is served by 1 active community water system, together reported to serve about 7,193 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 122 violations across the community water system(s) serving Merrimac, going back to the earliest EPA record. 3 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Merrimac Water Department
7,193 served · groundwater · PWSID MA3180000 - Health-based Lead and Copper Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 3 times between January 1993 and January 1997. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between October 2005 and June 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring LASSO: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Atrazine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Carbofuran: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Chlordane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 2,4-D: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Endrin: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Heptachlor epoxide: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Heptachlor: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Pentachlorophenol: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Toxaphene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 2,4,5-TP: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Methoxychlor: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring BHC-GAMMA: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Benzo(a)pyrene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Dalapon: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Dinoseb: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Diquat: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Endothall: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Glyphosate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring HEXACHLOROBENZENE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Hexachlorocyclopentadiene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring OXAMYL: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Picloram: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Simazine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 2,3,7,8-TCDD: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Aroclor 1016: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Aroclor 1221: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Aroclor 1232: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Aroclor 1242: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Aroclor 1248: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Aroclor 1254: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PCB 1262: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Aroclor 1260: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2019. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.