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Massachusetts Community Water Fluoridation Census 2021

Source: Massachusetts Department of Public Health Office | October 9th, 2021

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Partially Fluoridated Population         28,975
Total MA Population Receiving Fluoridated Water   4,290,218
 

* – Receives fluoridated water from the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA)

+ – Site fluoridates water, but community water supply is not fluoridated

# – Receives fluoridated water from neighboring fluoridated community

^ – Receives fluoridated water during high usage or peak seasons


Fluoridated at the optimal level of 0.7 parts per million as recommended by the United States Department of Health and Human Services

119 Fully Fluoridated Community Water Systems

City/Town Population City/Town Population City/Town Population
Acton 23,662 Holyoke 40,117 Rutland 8,938
Acushnet 10,625 Hudson 19,864 Salem 43,226
Amherst 39,924 Hull 10,475 Saugus* 28,361
Andover 36,356 Ipswich 14,074 Scituate 18,924
Arlington* 45,531 Lawrence 80,028 Seekonk 15,770
Ashburnham 6,348 Lexington* 33,132 Sharon 18,895
Athol 11,732 Lincoln 7,052 Shrewsbury 38,526
Attleboro 45,237 Longmeadow 15,705 Somerset 18,129
Bedford* 14,123 Lowell 110,997 Somerville* 81,360
Belmont* 26,116 Lynn 94,299 Southborough* 10,208
Beverly 42,174 Lynnfield* 12,999 Southbridge 16,878
Billerica 43,367 Malden* 60,470 Stoneham 24,126
Boston* 692,600 Manchester by the Sea 5,434 Sturbridge 9,597
Brookline* 59,121 Mansfield 24,470 Sudbury 19,655
Burlington 28,627 Marblehead* 20,555 Swampscott* 15,298
Cambridge* 118,927 Marlborough* 39,597 Swansea 16,834
Canton* 23,805 Medford* 57,341 Taunton 57,464
Chelsea* 39,690 Medway 13,479 Templeton 8,138
Cohasset 8,548 Melrose* 28,016 Tewksbury 31,178
Concord 18,918 Middleton 10,110 Topsfield 6,641
Danvers 27,549 Millis 8,310 Tyngsborough 12,527
Dartmouth 34,188 Milton* 27,593 Wakefield* 27,045
Dedham* 25,219 Nahant* 3,513 Walpole 25,200
Dracut 31,634 Natick 36,050 Waltham* 62,495
Duxbury 15,921 Needham* 31,388 Watertown* 35,939
Essex 3,799 New Bedford 95,363 Wayland 13,835
Everett* 46,451 Newburyport 18,289 Wellesley* 28,670
Fall River 89,541 Newton* 88,414 Wenham 5,278
Fitchburg 40,638 North Andover 31,188 Westborough 19,144
Framingham* 74,416 Northborough* 15,109 Westford 24,817
Franklin 34,087 North Reading 15,865 Westminster 7,997
Freetown 9,394 Norwood* 29,725 West Newbury 4,714
Gardner 20,683 Oak Bluffs 4,667 Weston* 12,124
Gloucester 30,430 Oxford 14,009 Westwood* 16,400
Groveland 6,849 Peabody* 53,070 Weymouth 57,746
Hamilton 8,051 Pembroke 18,509 Winchendon 10,905
Haverhill 64,014 Quincy* 94,470 Winchester* 22,799
Hingham 24,679 Reading* 25,400 Winthrop* 18,544
Holden 19,303 Revere* 53,073 Woburn* 40,228
Holliston 14,912 Rockport 7,282

 

Fully Fluoridated Population         4,261,243

13 Partially Fluoridated Community Water Systems

City/Town

Estimated

Population

City/Town

Estimated

Population

City/Town

Estimated

Population

Bourne (OTIS ANG)+ 3,300 Marshfield 246 Westport 250
Bridgewater (MCI)+ 309 Newbury# 1,146 Wilmington^ 1,000
Charlton 150 North Attleboro 21,550 Worcester# 100
Dighton 400 Pelham 120
Hardwick 154 Royalston (SRIC) 250

 

Partially Fluoridated Population         28,975
Total MA Population Receiving Fluoridated Water   4,290,218
 

* – Receives fluoridated water from the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA)

+ – Site fluoridates water, but community water supply is not fluoridated

# – Receives fluoridated water from neighboring fluoridated community

^ – Receives fluoridated water during high usage or peak seasons