Is Mansfield Center, CT tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Mansfield 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.
Windham Water Works, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.68 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 Mansfield Center’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Windham Water Works
Connecticut · serves 21,214 people · about 360 in Mansfield Center
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.68 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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University of Connecticut - Main Campus
Connecticut · serves 27,199 people · about 130 in Mansfield Center
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 5.0 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Ctwc - Pinewoods Lane Div
Connecticut · serves 68 people · under 100 in Mansfield Center
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 12.1 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Windham Water Works’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Water testing near Mansfield Center
The 3 labs Connecticut certifies closest to Mansfield 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 16 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Microbac Laboratories, INC. - Dayville
Dayville, CT · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - East Longmeadow
East Longmeadow, MA · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, PFAS
Which ZIP codes are in Mansfield 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.
Near Mansfield Center
Other towns in Tolland County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Windham Water Works’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for ArsenicRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best reverse osmosis systems, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water