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Is Putnam, CT tap water safe?

Putnam Water Pollution Control Authority serves Putnam, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Putnam Water Pollution Control Authority serves Putnam. In EPA’s and CDC’s records it has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: PFOA at 8.5 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Putnam Water Pollution Control Authority’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Putnam

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

  • Microbac Laboratories, INC. - Dayville

    Dayville, CT · about 4 miles

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

    (860) 774-6814

  • New England Testing Laboratory, Inc.

    West Warwick, RI · about 24 miles

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

    (401) 353-3420

  • RI Analytical Laboratories, Inc.

    Warwick, RI · about 26 miles

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

    (401) 737-8500 ext. 142

All 86 certified labs for Connecticut

ZIP codes in Putnam

Which ZIP codes are in Putnam: 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.