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Is East Hampton, CT tap water safe?

11 utilities serve East Hampton, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

3 of the 11 utilities serving East Hampton have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Mallard Cove Condominium Assn., Chatham Acres Elderly Housing and Bellwood Court.

Ctwc - Spice Hill Division, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 9.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in East Hampton’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

1 more utility in East Hampton

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in East Hampton than those above.

  • Bellwood Courtserves 31 people · under 100 in East Hampton · 1 health-based violation since 2016

Water testing near East Hampton

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Connecticut certifies.

The 3 labs Connecticut certifies closest to East Hampton, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Northeast Laboratories, Inc

    Rocky Hill, CT · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (860) 828-9787 ext. 108

  • CorrTech Corrosion Laboratory

    Deep River, CT · about 13 miles

    Certified for minerals and other inorganics

    (860) 526-2610

  • Phoenix Environmental Laboratories, Inc.

    Manchester, CT · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity

    (860) 645-1102

All 86 certified labs for Connecticut

ZIP codes in East Hampton

Which ZIP codes are in East Hampton: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Connecticut DPH, approved commercial laboratories certified to test drinking water; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

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