Our mission
Norwell Water Watch exists to make water quality information accessible to every household in town. The Water Department publishes an annual Consumer Confidence Report and, when a standard is exceeded, a quarterly public notice — but those documents are written for regulatory compliance, not for a resident trying to figure out whether to worry.
We collect it, check it against state and federal standards, and put it in one place, in language anyone can read in five minutes.
How we started
The group came together informally after a handful of Norwell residents started comparing notes on the Water Department's PFAS6 public notices — the same ones that get mailed out and then, for most people, end up in a recycling bin. What began as a shared spreadsheet turned into this site: a standing, volunteer-run effort to keep tabs on all three of Norwell's well fields and flag anything worth a second look.
