US EPA Facility Search Results for Holliston (interactive map with reports)

Holliston’s Source Water Assessment: https://www.mass.gov/doc/dunstable-water-department-swap-report/download

Holliston Wellhead protection area:  MassGIS Data: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massgis-data-massdep-wellhead-protection-areas-zone-ii-zone-i-iwpa

Holliston Aquifer area: MassGIS Data: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massgis-data-aquifers

Research by Boston University into Holliston's shallow aquifers and risk of contamination: https://sites.bu.edu/achieve/files/2017/06/2018_ClausHenn_Water.pdf

“Half of U.S. drinking water comes from aquifers, and very shallow ones (<20 feet to water table) are especially vulnerable to anthropogenic contamination. We present the case of Holliston, a Boston, Massachusetts suburb that draws its drinking water from very shallow aquifers, and where metals and solvents have been reported in groundwater.”

"In this study, we examine the case of a typical U.S. suburban community [Holliston] where very shallow aquifers (<20 feet to water table, <50 feet to bedrock) supply all of the public drinking water, in a setting where common drinking-water contaminants such as solvents and metals have been reported in soil, soil water and groundwater since the late 1960s."

“This case questions the adequacy of aquifer protection and monitoring regulations, and highlights the need for integrated assessment of multiple contaminants, associated exposures and health risks.”

How one Michigan town is putting partisanship aside in pursuit of clean water https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/1021/michigan-water-lead-pipes-cooperation

“In the context of a federal government shutdown now in its third week, the Three Rivers clean water campaign offers a glimmer of hope. Unlike in the nation’s capital, where Democrats and Republicans refuse to speak to each other, people in Three Rivers are finding common ground on clean water.” 

“At public meetings, I keep repeating the truth,” the mayor says. “It can be ugly and nasty, but through repetition of the facts, some start out angry, but most come around to a working relationship.” Even when clean water activists did picket and attend City Council meetings, he says, they were largely cordial and mainly came to listen, not shout.”

Bridgewater residents want solution to brown water https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/im-not-stopping-until-its-fixed-bridgewater-residents-want-solution-brown-water/GB5U6W5BEJDURAW5OBLHYGFMFM/

“According to the town’s website, there’s currently a water ban in effect because “the water tanks need time to be resupplied by the water in the Towns’ wellfields.”