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Is Norwich, CT tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Norwich, 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

1 of the 3 utilities serving Norwich has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Norwich Public Utilities.

Norwich Public Utilities, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 16.2 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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 Norwich’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Norwich Public Utilities’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Norwich

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

  • Eastern Analytical Laboratory, Inc.

    Old Saybrook, CT · about 23 miles

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

    (860) 388-2378

  • Microbac Laboratories, INC. - Dayville

    Dayville, CT · about 24 miles

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

    (860) 774-6814

  • CorrTech Corrosion Laboratory

    Deep River, CT · about 24 miles

    Certified for minerals and other inorganics

    (860) 526-2610

All 86 certified labs for Connecticut

ZIP codes in Norwich

Which ZIP codes are in Norwich: 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 Norwich

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