City water profile

Water hardness in Beverly

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Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison: Unavailable
Evidence comparison rank: —
Matched utilities: 2
Active health records: 0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Salem And Beverly Water Supply Board

MA3030001 · Surface water · 90,330 people served system-wide

EPA SDWIS explicitly lists this ZIP in the system's served geography.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.0017 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

11% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (12)

Imported violation history for Salem And Beverly Water Supply Board
Rule	Status	Period
Beryllium, Total	Archived	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Nickel	Archived	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Thallium, Total	Archived	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
CYANIDE	Archived	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Selenium	Archived	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Barium	Archived	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Antimony, Total	Archived	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Cadmium	Archived	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Arsenic	Archived	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Chromium	Archived	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Mercury	Archived	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Fluoride	Archived	Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022

Beverly Water Dept

MA3030000 · Surface water · 47,461 people served system-wide

EPA SDWIS explicitly lists this ZIP in the system's served geography.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.013 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

87% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2007 to Dec 31, 2007

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

City summary

What the indexed records say

Beverly has 1 published ZIP profile across Essex County. The regional-evidence median is 80 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs

Moderately hard1 ZIP

Hard0 ZIPs

Very hard0 ZIPs

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance: 8.1 miles
Profiles with evidence: 1/1

Confidence labels

High: 1Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: Aug 2, 2016 to Jun 8, 2026.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Beverly

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ZIP code

01915

Moderately Hard

79.8 PPM

Nearest site: 8.1 mi
Confidence: High

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

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Questions people ask

About water in Beverly

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.