Our mission
Abington Water Watch exists to make water quality information accessible to every household in town. Because Abington's water comes from a joint utility it co-owns with Rockland, the public notices, MassDEP filings, and treatment-plant updates are often split across two town websites and a separate utility site — easy to miss unless you know to look in three places at once.
We collect it, check it against state and federal guidelines, and put it in one place, in language anyone can read in five minutes.
How we started
This began with a handful of Abington residents comparing notes during the May 2025 boil-water order, trying to figure out whether it was an Abington problem, a Rockland problem, or something in between — and realizing most neighbors didn't know the two towns shared not just a water supply, but the exact same treatment plants and violation history. What started as a shared spreadsheet turned into this site: a standing effort to keep tabs on the Abington-Rockland Joint Water Works and flag anything worth a second look.
