Abington
Non-fluoridated
Acton
Fluoridated in 1970
Acushnet
Non-fluoridated
Adams
Non-fluoridated
Agawam
Non-fluoridated
Alford
Non-fluoridated
Amesbury
Fluoridated in 1968
Amherst
Fluoridated in 1987
Andover
Fluoridated in 1969
Aquinnah (Gay
Head)
Partially
fluoridated, (WHA part) in 1996
Arlington
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Ashburnham
Fluoridated in 1957
Ashby
Non-fluoridated
Ashfield
Non-fluoridated
Ashland
Non-fluoridated
Athol
Fluoridated in 1952
Attleboro
Fluoridated in 1973
Auburn
Non-fluoridated
Avon
Non-fluoridated
Ayer
Non-fluoridated
Barnstable
Non-fluoridated
Barre
Non-fluoridated
Becket
Non-fluoridated
Bedford
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Belchertown
The town water supply has never been fluoridated.
A group of streets in the northwest corner of town, near Amherst,
receives water from the Town of Amherst public supply, which is fluoridated.
Bellingham
Non-fluoridated
Belmont
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Berkley
Non-fluoridated
Berlin
SP Mall
only in 1997
Bernardston
Non-fluoridated
Beverly
Fluoridated in 1952
Billerica
Fluoridated in 1992
Blackstone
Non-fluoridated
Blandford
Non-fluoridated
Bolton
Non-fluoridated
Boston
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Bourne
Otis Air National
Guard Base only, in 1960
Boxborough
Non-fluoridated
Boxford
Non-fluoridated
Boylston
Non-fluoridated
Braintree
Non-fluoridated
Brewster
Non-fluoridated
Bridgewater
Massachusetts
Correctional Institute only, in 1989
Brimfield
Non-fluoridated
Brockton
Non-fluoridated
Brookfield
Non-fluoridated
Brookline
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Buckland
Non-fluoridated
Burlington
Fluoridated in 1993
Cambridge
Fluoridated
prior to MDC, now part of the MWRA
Canton
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Carlisle
Non-fluoridated
Carver
Non-fluoridated
Charlemont
Non-fluoridated
Charlton
Approximately 150
residents drink naturally fluoridated water at 0.7 ppm or higher. The rest of the town is
non-fluoridated.
Chatham
Non-fluoridated
Chelmsford
Non-fluoridated
Chelsea
Fluoridated in 1978
Cheshire
Non-fluoridated
Chester
Non-fluoridated
Chesterfield
Non-fluoridated
Chicopee
Non-fluoridated
Chilmark
Non-fluoridated
Clarksburg
Non-fluoridated
Clinton
Non-fluoridated
Cohasset
Fluoridated in 1956
Colrain
Non-fluoridated
Concord
Fluoridated in 1970
Conway
Non-fluoridated
Cummington
Non-fluoridated
Dalton
Non-fluoridated
Danvers
Fluoridated in 1951
Dartmouth
Non-fluoridated
Dedham
Fluoridated in 1977
Deerfield
Non-fluoridated
Dennis
Non-fluoridated
Dighton
Part of the town
was fluoridated in 1971
Douglas
Non-fluoridated
Dover
Part
of the town was fluoridated in 1997
Dracut
Fluoridated in 1982
Dudley
Part of the town is
naturally fluoridated at 0.7 ppm or higher. The rest of the town is not fluoridated.
Dunstable
Non-fluoridated
Duxbury
Fluoridated in 1987
East Bridgewater
Non-fluoridated
East Brookfield
Non-fluoridated
East Longmeadow
Non-fluoridated
Eastham
Non-fluoridated
Easthampton
Non-fluoridated
Easton
Non-fluoridated
Edgartown
Non-fluoridated
Egremont
Non-fluoridated
Erving
Non-fluoridated
Essex
Fluoridated in 1970
Everett
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Fairhaven
Non-fluoridated
Fall River
Fluoridated in 1973
Falmouth
Non-fluoridated
Fitchburg
Fluoridated in 1975
Florida
Non-fluoridated
Foxborough
Non-fluoridated
Framingham
Fluoridated
in 1970, now part of the MWRA
Franklin
Fluoridated in 1970
Freetown
Freetown Water
Company fluoridated in 1978, serves 2,500
Gardner
Fluoridated in 1987
Georgetown
Non-fluoridated
Gill
Non-fluoridated
Gloucester
Fluoridated in 1981
Goshen
Non-fluoridated
Gosnold
Non-fluoridated
Grafton
Non-fluoridated
Granby
Non-fluoridated
Granville
Non-fluoridated
Great Barrington
Non-fluoridated
Greenfield
Non-fluoridated
Groton
Non-fluoridated
Groveland
Fluoridated in 1995
Hadley
Non-fluoridated
Halifax
Non-fluoridated
Hamilton
Fluoridated in 1956
Hampden
Non-fluoridated
Hancock
Non-fluoridated
Hanover
Non-fluoridated
Hanson
Non-fluoridated
Hardwick
Approximately 150
consume naturally fluoridated water at 0.7ppm or higher. The rest of the town is not
fluoridated
Harvard
Non-fluoridated
Harwich
Non-fluoridated
Hatfield
Non-fluoridated
Haverhill
Fluoridated in 1971
Hawley
Non-fluoridated
Heath
Non-fluoridated
Hingham
Fluoridated in 1953
Hinsdale
Non-fluoridated
Holbrook
Non-fluoridated
Holden
Fluoridated in 1995
Holland
Non-fluoridated
Holliston
Fluoridated in 1970
Holyoke
Fluoridated in 1970
Hopedale
Non-fluoridated
Hopkinton
Non-fluoridated
Hubbardston
Non-fluoridated
Hudson
Fluoridated in 1985
Hull
Fluoridated in 1953
Huntington
Non-fluoridated
Ipswich
Fluoridated in 1971
Kingston
Non-fluoridated
Lakeville
Non-fluoridated
Lancaster
Non-fluoridated
Lanesboro
Non-fluoridated
Lawrence
Fluoridated
in 1983
Lee
Non-fluoridated
Leicester
Non-fluoridated
Lenox
Non-fluoridated
Leominster
Non-fluoridated
Leverett
Non-fluoridated
Lexington
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Leyden
Nonfluoridated
Lincoln
Fluoridated in 1971
Littleton
Non-fluoridated
Longmeadow
Fluoridated in 1989
Lowell
Fluoridated in 1982
Ludlow
Non-fluoridated
Lunenburg
Non-fluoridated
Lynn
Fluoridated in 1983
Lynnfield
Fluoridated in
1972, now part of the NWRA. Lynnfield Center is fluoridated since 1959.
Malden
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Fluoridated in 1983
Mansfield
Fluoridated in 1997
Marblehead
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Marion
Non-fluoridated
Marlborough
Fluoridated
n 1982
Marshfield
Non-fluoridated
Mashpee
Non-fluoridated
Mattapoisett
Non-fluoridated
Maynard
Non-fluoridated
Medfield
Non-fluoridated
Medford
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Medway
Fluoridated in 1953
Melrose
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Mendon
Non-fluoridated
Merrimac
Non-fluoridated
Methuen
Non-fluoridated
Middleborough
Non-fluoridated
Middlefield
Non-fluoridated
Middleton
Fluoridated in 1951
Milford
Non-fluoridated
Millbury
Non-fluoridated
Millis
Fluoridated in 1983
Millville
Non-fluoridated
Milton
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Monroe
Non-fluoridated
Monson
Non-fluoridated
Montague
Non-fluoridated
Monterey
Non-fluoridated
Montgomery
Non-fluoridated
Mount Washington
Non-fluoridated
Nahant
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Nantucket
Non-fluoridated
Natick
Fluoridated in 1997.
Fluoridation continued even after the population voted against it at a non-binding
referendum in .
Needham
Fluoridated in
1971, now part of the MDC (now MWRA)
New Ashford
Non-fluoridated
New Bedford
Non-fluoridated
New Braintree
Non-fluoridated
New Marlborough
Non-fluoridated
New Salem
Non-fluoridated
Newbury
Approximately 1,000
residents consume fluoridated water. The rest of the town is non-fluoridated
Newburyport
Fluoridated in 1969
Newton
Fluoridated in 1963
Norfolk
Approximately 40
residents consume fluoridated water since 1977. The rest of the town is non-fluoridated
North Adams
Non-fluoridated
North Andover
Fluoridated in 1975
North
Attleboro
The town voted to
start fluoridation in November 2000. It was the 3rd time the issue was
brought to the ballot.
Fluoridation
started in January 2002.
North Brookfield
Non-fluoridated
North Reading
Fluoridated in 1971
Northampton
Non-fluoridated
Northborough
Fluoridated in 2001
Northbridge
Non-fluoridated
Northfield
Non-fluoridated
Norton
Non-fluoridated
Norwell
Non-fluoridated
Norwood
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Oak Bluffs
Fluoridated in 1991
Oakham
Non-fluoridated
Orange
Approximately 120
residents consume fluoridated water. The rest of the town is non-fluoridated
Orleans
Non-fluoridated
Otis
Non-fluoridated
Oxford
Fluoridated in 1987
Palmer
Non-fluoridated
Paxton
Non-fluoridated
Peabody
Fluoridated in 1983
Pelham
Approximately 309
residents obtain fluoridated water from Amherst. The rest of the town is non-fluoridated
Pembroke
Fluoridated in 1969
Pepperell
Non-fluoridated
Peru
Non-fluoridated
Petersham
Non-fluoridated
Phillipston
Non-fluoridated
Pittsfield
Non-fluoridated
Plainfield
Non-fluoridated
Plainville
The town voted not
to fluoridate on April 1, 2002, by a 814-724 vote, but it still receives part of
its water, fluoridated, from a joint treatment facility with North Attleboro.
Plymouth
Non-fluoridated
Plympton
Non-fluoridated
Princeton
Non-fluoridated
Provincetown
Non-fluoridated
Quincy
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Randolph
Non-fluoridated
Raynham
Non-fluoridated
Reading
Fluoridated in 1970
Rehoboth
Non-fluoridated
Revere
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Richmond
Non-fluoridated
Rochester
Non-fluoridated
Rockland
Non-fluoridated
Rockport
Fluoridated in 1984.
Part of town is naturally fluoridated.
Rowe
Non-fluoridated
Rowley
Non-fluoridated
Royalston
Approximately 400
residents consume water naturally fluoridated water at 0.7 ppm or higher . The rest of the town is not
fluoridated.
Russell
Non-fluoridated
Rutland
Fluoridated in 1985
Salem
Fluoridated in 1952
Salisbury
Non-fluoridated
Sandisfield
Non-fluoridated
Sandwich
Non-fluoridated
Saugus
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Savoy
Non-fluoridated
Scituate
Fluoridated in 1954
Seekonk
Fluoridated in 1952
Sharon
Fluoridated in 1953
Sheffield
Non-fluoridated
Shelburne
Non-fluoridated
Sherborn
Non-fluoridated
Shirley
Non-fluoridated
Shrewsbury
Fluoridated in 1953
Shutesbury
Non-fluoridated
Somerset
Fluoridated in 1969
Somerville
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
South Hadley
Non-fluoridated
Southampton
Non-fluoridated
Southborough
Fluoridated in 1996
Southbridge
Fluoridated in 1971
Southwick
Non-fluoridated
Spencer
Non-fluoridated
Springfield
Non-fluoridated
Voters rejected fluoridation in 1983 by greater than a 2-1 margin.
On Jan 4, 2002, Springfield’s Union-News reported, “The Public Health
Council voted yesterday not to pursue fluoridation of the city’s water supply,
saying it has the will but not the resources to wage a successful campaign for
public support.”
Sterling
Non-fluoridated
Stockbridge
Non-fluoridated
Stoneham
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Stoughton
Non-fluoridated
Stow
Non-fluoridated
Sturbridge
Fluoridated in 1990
Sudbury
Fluoridated in 1960
Sunderland
Non-fluoridated
Sutton
Non-fluoridated
Swampscott
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Swansea
Fluoridated in 1969
Taunton
Fluoridated in 1981
Templeton
Fluoridated in 1951
Tewksbury
Fluoridated in 1983
Tisbury
Non-fluoridated
Tolland
Non-fluoridated
Topsfield
Fluoridated in 1953
Townsend
Non-fluoridated
Truro
Non-fluoridated
Tyngsborough
Fluoridated in 1987
Tyringham
Non-fluoridated
Upton
Non-fluoridated
Uxbridge
Non-fluoridated
Wakefield
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Wales
Non-fluoridated
Walpole
Fluoridated in 1977
Waltham
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Ware
Non-fluoridated
Wareham
Non-fluoridated
Warren
Non-fluoridated
Warwick
Non-fluoridated
Washington
Non-fluoridated
Watertown
Fluoridated in 1971,
now part of the MWRA
Wayland
Fluoridated in 2000
Webster
Non-fluoridated
Wellesley
Fluoridated in 1987
Wellfleet
Non-fluoridated
Wendell
Non-fluoridated
Wenham
Fluoridated in 1967
West Boylston
Non-fluoridated
West Bridgewater
Non-fluoridated
West Brookfield
Non-fluoridated
West Newbury
Fluoridated in 1969
West Springfield
Non-fluoridated
West Stockbridge
Non-fluoridated
West Tisbury
Non-fluoridated
Westborough
Fluoridated in 1974
Westfield
Naturally
fluoridated at 0.7 ppm or higher
Westford
Fluoridated in 1994
Westhampton
Non-fluoridated
Westminster
Fluoridated in 1968
Weston
Fluoridated in 1973
Westport
Approximately 1,000
residents consume fluoridated water since 1975. The rest of the town is non-fluoridated
Westwood
Fluoridated in 1977
Weymouth
Fluoridated in 1972
Whately
Non-fluoridated
Whitman
Non-fluoridated
Wilbraham
Non-fluoridated
Williamsburg
Non-fluoridated
Williamstown
Non-fluoridated
Wilmington
Non-fluoridated
Winchendon
Non-fluoridated
Winchester
Fluoridated in 1956,
now part of MWRA
Windsor
Non-fluoridated
Winthrop
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA)
Woburn
Fluoridated in 1978
as part of the MDC (now MWRA).
Worcester
Approximately 250
residents consume fluoridated water. Although the issue has been brought to the ballot 5
times, the rest of the city is non-fluoridated
Wothington
Non-fluoridated
Wrentham
Non-fluoridated
Yarmouth
Non-fluoridated
We referred to the
following state document (rev. October 2003) for the list of fluoridated communities.
135 Massachusetts Communities Receiving Water Fluoridation,
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
www.state.ma.us/dph/fch/ooh.htm
We also used the following
for the complete list of
Massachusetts communities:
Index of Legislative
Representation by City and Town, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
http://www.state.ma.us/legis/citytown.htm
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