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Is Glastonbury Center, CT tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Glastonbury Center, 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

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Glastonbury Center has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

Metropolitan District Commission, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

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 Glastonbury Center’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Glastonbury Center

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 Glastonbury Center, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Phoenix Environmental Laboratories, Inc.

    Manchester, CT · about 4 miles

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

    (860) 645-1102

  • Northeast Laboratories, Inc

    Rocky Hill, CT · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (860) 828-9787 ext. 108

  • Envirotech Laboratory

    Windsor, CT · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics, radioactivity

    (860) 688-7249

All 86 certified labs for Connecticut

ZIP codes in Glastonbury Center

Which ZIP codes are in Glastonbury Center: 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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