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Services We Offer in Medford
Emergency & Repairs
Leaks, breaks and the calls that cannot wait.
Drain Cleaning
Slow drains, backups and the ones that keep coming back.
Sewer & Trenchless
Main lines, camera work and trenchless repair.
Water Heaters
Tanks, tankless and the day there is no hot water.
Installation & Upgrades
New fixtures, new lines and whole-house upgrades.
Local systems
Medford systems & permits
Medford is an MWRA water and sewer community, and the City's DPW maintains the local distribution pipes, valves, hydrants and service lines that deliver it to homes. Under Medford's regulations, a residential water service lateral one inch or smaller is the owner's responsibility from the meter to the sidewalk shutoff valve, with the City responsible onward to the main; a lateral larger than one inch is the owner's to the public main. Fall 2025 monitoring exceeded the lead action level. Plumbing and gas permits go through the Building Department's Inspector of Plumbing and Gas via the City's CitizenServe portal, and contractors must register their license with Medford first.
Sources: mwra.com · resources.finalsite.net
MWRA lists Medford as a "Water and Sewer" community. Medford's DPW maintains the local distribution network of pipes, valves, hydrants and service lines that takes water from the MWRA system and delivers it to homes.
Medford's water-side boundary differs from its sewer-side boundary and depends on pipe diameter: residential owners are responsible for water service laterals one inch or smaller "from the meter to the sidewalk shutoff valve," with the City responsible from the shutoff valve to the main. Residential owners with a lateral GREATER than one inch are responsible all the way "from the meter to, and including, the connection to the public main."
Medford's regulations set utility separation distances: "Water service pipes must have a minimum ten (10) foot horizontal, and minimum eighteen (18) inch vertical separation from sewer pipes, and a minimum five (5) foot separation from gas pipes," and water service pipes shall not share a trench with gas pipes, electric conduits, sewers or drains except with prior approval of the Commissioner.
Medford exceeded the lead action level in Fall 2025 monitoring, reporting 0.0155 mg/L (15.5 ppb) against the 0.015 mg/L action level from 20 samples collected July 1 to October 31, 2025. Medford's 2023 MWRA community report states the City still had 7,879 full and partial lead service lines, is required to remove 25% of remaining lead services each year, and offers homeowners a $1,000 rebate toward residential lead service line replacement.
Why Medford Chooses Spencer
Straightforward plumbing work from a local team — clear pricing, licensed technicians, and appointments that actually happen when we say they will.
Licensed & Insured in Massachusetts
Every plumbing technician we send to Medford is fully licensed, insured and background-checked.
Upfront, Flat-Rate Pricing
You approve the price before any work begins. No hidden fees, no surprise charges, no overtime rates.
Same-Day Service
Same-day appointments across Medford and the surrounding North Shore communities.
Family-Owned and Local
A local family business, not a national call centre. The person who answers is the person who dispatches.
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Plumbing service in Medford, and 66 nearby towns
We cover 67 towns across the North Shore, Greater Boston and southern New Hampshire.
67Towns covered
Essex County
- Amesbury
- Andover
- Ballardvale
- Beverly
- Boxford
- Danvers
- Essex
- Georgetown
- Gloucester
- Groveland
- Hamilton
- Haverhill
- Ipswich
- Lynn
- Lynnfield
- Manchester by the Sea
- Marblehead
- Merrimac
- Middleton
- Nahant
- Newbury
- Newburyport
- North Andover
- Peabody
- Plum Island
- Rockport
- Rowley
- Salem
- Salisbury
- Saugus
- South Hamilton
- Swampscott
- Topsfield
- Wenham
- West Newbury
Middlesex County
Rockingham County, NH
Norfolk County
- Brookline
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