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Drinking Water Information for Boards of Health

What boards of health and health officers need to know to carry out their responsibilities.
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2026 Annual Notice to Local Boards of Health, Open PDF file, 1.21 MB (English, PDF 1.21 MB)
2025 Annual Notice to Local Boards of Health, Open PDF file, 1.19 MB (English, PDF 1.19 MB)
2024 Annual Notice to Local Boards of Health, Open PDF file, 1.13 MB (English, PDF 1.13 MB)
2023 Annual Notice to Local Boards of Health, Open PDF file, 1.12 MB (English, PDF 1.12 MB)
2022 Annual Notice to Local Boards of Health, Open PDF file, 1.02 MB (English, PDF 1.02 MB)
2021 Annual Notice to Local Boards of Health, Open PDF file, 861 KB (English, PDF 861 KB)
2020 Annual Notice to Local Boards of Health, Open PDF file, 1.15 MB (English, PDF 1.15 MB)
2019 Annual Notice to Local Boards of Health, Open PDF file, 836.62 KB (English, PDF 836.62 KB)
2018 Annual Notice to Local Boards of Health, Open PDF file, 837.77 KB (English, PDF 837.77 KB)
2017 Annual Notice to Local Boards of Health, Open PDF file, 753.37 KB (English, PDF 753.37 KB)
2015 Annual Notice to Local Boards of Health, Open PDF file, 313.91 KB (English, PDF 313.91 KB)
2014 Annual Notice to Local Boards of Health, Open PDF file, 669.98 KB (English, PDF 669.98 KB)
Boards of Health Official Email Address and Emergency Contact List, Open PDF file, 195.48 KB (English, PDF 195.48 KB)
Bottled Water
Contact Information / Notification Registration Form, Open DOC file, 510 KB (English, DOC 510 KB)
Drinking Water at Local Fairs, Open PDF file, 1.66 MB (English, PDF 1.66 MB)
Drinking Water at Local Fairs (Printer Friendly), Open PDF file, 119.66 KB (English, PDF 119.66 KB)
FAQs: Public Health and Drinking Water
FAQs: Standards & Testing
Model Board of Health Regulations for Private Wells, Open DOCX file, 84.35 KB (English, DOCX 84.35 KB)
Model Board of Health Regulations for Private Wells, Open PDF file, 329.01 KB (English, PDF 329.01 KB)
Private or public drinking water system
Private Well form templates for use by local boards of health
PWS, Active Sources, and Contacts Spreadsheet (Rev. October 2026), Open XLSX file, 458.09 KB (English, XLSX 458.09 KB)
Recreational Camps Licensed by Local Boards of Health, Open PDF file, 220.15 KB (English, PDF 220.15 KB)
Request for Title 5 Inventory Information, Open XLSX file, 44.15 KB (English, XLSX 44.15 KB)
Response to Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Mosquito Control Aerial Spray Events 2020, Open PDF file, 717.59 KB (English, PDF 717.59 KB)

This report summarizes MassDEP's surface water quality sampling effort after mosquito control aerial spray events in August, 2020. The effort was conducted in response to MDPH's issuance of a "Certification of Public Health Hazard that requires Pesticide Application to Protect Public Health."

Response to Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Mosquito Control Aerial Spray Events, 2019, Open PDF file, 3.76 MB (English, PDF 3.76 MB)

This report summarizes MassDEP's surface water quality sampling effort after mosquito control aerial spray events in August and September, 2019. The effort was conducted in response to MDPH's issuance of a "Certification of Public Health Hazard that requires Pesticide Application to Protect Public Health."

Transient Non-Community Systems Annual Water Quality Reports
West Nile Virus Application of Pesticides to Wetlands Resource Areas, Open PDF file, 223.23 KB (English, PDF 223.23 KB)
West Nile Virus & Massachusetts Public Drinking Water Systems
Information for Local Boards of Health on Home Burials and Green Burials

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