Water Quality
The Harvard Board of Health recommends you test your well water every 5 years (at a minimum) or any time you notice a change in color, smell or taste in the well water, and requires water quality testing in preparation for home sale.
Water Quality Sampling in Harvard
- Best Practices for Water Quality Samplers (Approved: 9/28/21)
- Private Well Water Sampling and Quality Testing Requirements for the Sale of Property (Effective 10/23/23)
- Policy 1-2020R1 Well water quality testing for property sales and new construction (Note: This policy is an expansion of the requirements for testing/submission of results described in the Private Wells regulation and mandates additional testing/submission of results for PFAS in private wells at specified addresses and strongly recommends testing at all other addresses).
- Tips for Testing Your Private Well (4/10/23)
- Testing and Treating Your Private Well for PFAS in the Town of Harvard (3/28/23)
Additional Water Quality Resources
- MassDEP risk maps for Exceedance of Drinking Water Standards in Harvard:
- MassDPH webpage: Arsenic and Uranium in Private Wells
- MassDEP webpage: Private Wells
- PFAS Information & Resources
- Sample Deed Notice- Private Well Treatment System