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Can You Drink Tap Water in Bridgewater?
We don't have enough information to make a specific recommendation about the safety of drinking tap water in Bridgewater, Canada.
However, based on information from nearby locations, the average water score in Canada is a out of 100.
Tap Safe includes data from many publicly available sources, including the WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (Center for Disease Control), and user submitted databases, but unfortunately there's not enough data about Bridgewater.
To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Canada, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.
While it is true that most of the tap water that you have in your home is safe to drink, not all is. Many contaminants are present in various parts of the United States and Europe. These may include lead, nitrates, VOCs, and chlorine.
Some of the things that you can avoid by filtering your tap water is using tap water that contains prescription drugs. This includes those drugs that have been given to you for treatment. They have been found to contain a great deal of disinfection by-products. These chemicals are harmful to you and your pets.
Many other contaminants can be avoided by filtering your tap water with a system that removes chlorine and THMs. These are known as chlorination by-products. These chemicals are found in a variety of municipal and industrial sources.
All of the above mentioned chemicals are made when they are used in a public treatment plant. They are used to kill bacteria, viruses and cysts. It is these dangerous by-pr
The estimated price of bottled water
$1 in USD (1.5-liter)
USER SUBMITTED RATINGS
- Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility
- Water Pollution
- Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility
- Water Quality
The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Bridgewater, measured on a scale from 0% (lowest) to 100% (highest).
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Contaminants
Bridgewater Water Department
EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.
Utility details
- Serves: 26563
- Data available: 2012-2017
- Data Source: Groundwater
- Total: 24
Contaminants That Exceed Guidelines
- Bromodichloromethane
- Bromoform
- Chloroform
- Chromium (hexavalent)
- Dibromochloromethane
- Nitrate
- Radium%2C combined (-226 & -228)
- Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
- Trichloroacetic acid
Other Detected Contaminants
- 1%2C4-Dioxane
- Aluminum
- Chlorate
- Chlorodifluoromethane
- Cobalt
- Dibromoacetic acid
- Dichloroacetic acid
- Fluoride
- Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- Manganese
- Monochloroacetic acid
- Perchlorate
- Strontium
- Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)
- Vanadium
Reminder
Always take extra precautions, the water may be safe to drink when it leaves the sewage treatment plant but it may pick up pollutants during its way to your tap. We advise that you ask locals or hotel staff about the water quality. Also, note that different cities have different water mineral contents.