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Updated July 1, 2008

The map below shows towns and cities in Massachusetts with Public Water Supply (PWS) systems that have notified MassDEP that they have implemented outdoor water use restrictions in 2008. The table below lists each PWS that is implementing restrictions, the type of restriction and the date the restriction took effect. The restrictions may be Voluntary, Mandatory, Emergency or Total Ban on nonessential water use, and may include limitations on outside water use such as odd/even days, hours of the day, hand-held hose, no automatic sprinklers, or total bans on outside watering. Contact your local PWS for updated outdoor water use restriction information.

If you have any questions regarding this map, or if you represent a PWS and would like to add your community to the map, please contact Richard Friend at MassDEP, 617-654-6522. PWSs that implement mandatory restrictions are required to notify MassDEP by submitting the "Water Use Restrictions Form" to the Water Management Act Program in MassDEP's Boston office. The form is available for download on DEP's website at the bottom of the web page http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/approvals/wmgforms.htm under "Other Forms".

Click on the image below or use this link to view the full-size image (opens new window). The information is also presented below in table form.

NOTE: The data presented here may not be current. Contact your municipal public water supplier for updated restriction information.

Map of Communities with 2008 Water Restrictions

List of Municipal Water Use Restrictions currently in place

Town Public Water Supplier Restriction Level Implementation Date
Abington Abngton/Rockland Joint Water Works Mandatory 6/10/2008
Acton Water Supply District of Acton Mandatory 5/1/2008
Avon Avon Water Department Mandatory 6/14/2008
Ayer Ayer Water Department Mandatory Year-round
Barnstable Centerville-Osterville Marstons Mills Voluntary 6/1/2008
Billerica Billerica Water Department Mandatory 5/1/2008
Blackstone Blackstone Water Dept. Voluntary 6/3/2008
Bourne Bourne Water District Voluntary 6/1/2008
Braintree Braintree Water & Sewer Mandatory 1/14/2008
Brewster Brewster Water Dept. Voluntary 6/23/2008
Bridgewater Bridgewater Water Department Mandatory Year-round
Chelmsford Chelmsford Water District Mandatory 5/1/2008
Chelmsford North Chelmsford Water District Mandatory 5/1/2008
Danvers Danvers Water Division Mandatory 5/1/2008
Dedham Dedham-Westwood Water District Voluntary 5/1/2008
Dighton Dighton Water District Mandatory 6/7/2008
Duxbury Duxbury Water Dept. Voluntary 6/17/2008
Fairhaven Fairhaven Water Dept. Mandatory 6/18/2008
Foxborough Foxborough Water Department Mandatory 5/19/2008
Franklin Franklin Water Dept. Mandatory 5/27/2008
Grafton South Grafton Water District Voluntary 7/1/2008
Groton Groton Water Department Mandatory 6/1/2008
Groton West Groton Water Supply District Mandatory 5/1/2008
Halifax Halifax Water Dept. Mandatory 5/31/2008
Hamilton Hamilton Water Dept. Voluntary 5/15/2008
Hanover Hanover DPW Water Division Voluntary 6/13/2008
Hanson Hanson Water Dept. Mandatory 6/13/2008
Holliston Holliston Water Dept. Mandatory 6/16/2008
Hopkinton Hopkinton Water Dept. Mandatory 5/1/2008
Hudson Hudson Water Dept. Mandatory 6/17/2008
Kingston Kingston Water Dept. Voluntary 6/11/2008
Lynn Lynn Water & Sewer Comm. Mandatory 12/7/2007
Mansfield Mansfield Water Dept. Mandatory 7/1/2008
Medway Medway Water and Sewer Dept. Mandatory 5/1/2008
Middleborough Middleborough Water Dept. Mandatory 6/1/2008
Millis Millis Water Dept. Mandatory 6/9/2008
Newbury Byfield Water District Mandatory 6/12/2008
Norfolk Norfolk DPW Water Division Voluntary 5/1/2008
Oak Bluffs Oak Bluffs Water Department Mandatory Year-round
Pepperell Pepperell Water Division Mandatory 5/1/2008
Plymouth Plymouth Water Company Voluntary 6/10/2008
Plymouth Plymouth Water Dept. Mandatory 6/4/2008
Provincetown Provincetown Water System Mandatory 6/1/2008
Raynham Raynham Center Water District Mandatory 5/1/2008
Raynham North Raynham Water District Mandatory 6/9/2008
Reading Reading Water Dept. Mandatory Year-round
Rockland Abington/Rockland Joint Water Works Mandatory 6/10/2008
Seekonk Seekonk Water District Voluntary 5/1/2008
Sharon Sharon Water Dept. Mandatory 5/1/2008
Shirley Shirley Water District Mandatory 5/1/2008
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Water Dept. Mandatory 5/12/2008
Southborough Southborough Water Dept. Voluntary 6/21/2008
Sturbridge Sturbridge Water Dept. Voluntary 6/1/2008
Sutton Wilkinsonville Water District Voluntary Year-round
Swansea Swansea Water District Mandatory 7/1/2008
Topsfield Topsfield Water Dept. Voluntary 6/2/2008
Walpole Walpole Water Department Mandatory 5/5/2008
Wareham Onset Fire District Water Department Mandatory 5/26/2008
Wareham Wareham Fire District Mandatory 5/26/2008
Wayland Wayland Water Dept. Mandatory 6/1/2008
Wenham Wenham Water Dept. Mandatory 5/1/2008
West Boylston West Boylston Water District Mandatory 6/1/2008
Westford Westford Water Department Voluntary 5/1/2008
West Newbury West Newbury Water Dept. Voluntary 6/16/2008
Westwood Dedham-Westwood Water District Voluntary 5/1/2008
Wilmington Wilmington Water Department Mandatory 4/17/2008

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