Public water system record
Salem Water Department
Serves Salem, Essex County, MA · 44,480 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Salem Water Department in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- Salem Water Department buys its water from Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board.
- Lead pipe inventory: 61 lead and 3,386 unknown out of 10,285 service lines.
Check whether Salem Water Department serves your address
Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Where the water comes from
Salem Water Department buys its water from Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from Salem Water Department.
Buys water from
- Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board Beverly, MA
Community systems that buy water from it
- Pequot Highlands Portland, ME
Annual water quality report
Salem Water Department must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Massachusetts.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells