Is Northwest Harwinton, CT tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Northwest Harwinton has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Torrington Water Company.
Torrington Water Company, 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 Northwest Harwinton’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Torrington Water Company
Connecticut · serves 37,915 people · about 510 in Northwest Harwinton
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Garden Lane Apartments
Connecticut · serves 40 people · nearly all in Northwest Harwinton
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 1.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Northwest Harwinton
The 3 labs Connecticut certifies closest to Northwest Harwinton, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Northwest Environmental Water Labs
Waterbury, CT · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics
EMSL Analytical, Inc. - CT
Meriden, CT · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria, asbestos
Envirotech Laboratory
Windsor, CT · about 21 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics, radioactivity
ZIP codes in Northwest Harwinton
Which ZIP codes are in Northwest Harwinton: 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 Northwest Harwinton
Other towns in Litchfield County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Torrington Water Company’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water