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What is in the water at 02852

2 public water systems serve this ZIP code in the federal records. Everything below comes from EPA monitoring data, and everything missing is named.

NORTH KINGSTOWN TOWN OF

PWSID RI1559517 · RI · serves 25,200 people

PFAS and lithium

6 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 24 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
PFOA0.0081 µg/L49/20/2023
PFBS0.0077 µg/L69/20/2023
PFHxA0.0063 µg/L69/20/2023
PFPeA0.0061 µg/L49/20/2023
PFOS0.0046 µg/L39/20/2023
PFHxS0.0032 µg/L19/20/2023

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.

QUONSET BUSINESS PARK

PWSID RI1592025 · RI

PFAS and lithium

8 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 27 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
lithium36 µg/L19/17/2024
PFOA0.015 µg/L69/17/2024
PFPeA0.009 µg/L59/17/2024
PFHxA0.0088 µg/L59/17/2024
PFHxS0.0086 µg/L69/17/2024
PFBA0.0052 µg/L13/6/2025
PFOS0.005 µg/L29/17/2024
PFBS0.003 µg/L13/6/2025

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.

What this report cannot tell you

Every figure describes water at a sampling point: a treatment plant, an entry point to the distribution system, or a monitoring station. None of it describes water arriving at your tap. Plumbing between the two can add lead and copper, and if your home was built before 1986 a test kit tells you something no federal dataset can.

Sources: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence (final release, frozen July 2026) · EPA SDWIS health-based violations · USGS and state monitoring via the Water Quality Portal · EPA Public Water System Service Area Boundaries v3. Compiled 2026-09-01.