Is Tashua, CT tap water safe?
The short answer
Aquarion - Eastern Fairfield County serves Tashua. 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 10.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
The water from Aquarion - Eastern Fairfield County is soft on average, 51 mg/L (3 grains per gallon), ranging from 34 to 86 mg/L. How it compares.
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 Aquarion - Eastern Fairfield County’s water.
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ZeroWater 10 Cup Pitcher (ZP-010)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, PFOS
Aquasana Claryum Direct Connect (AQ-MF-1)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, PFOS
Express Water StreamLine Direct Connect System (USC001)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, PFOS
Water testing near Tashua
The 3 labs Connecticut certifies closest to Tashua, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Aquarion Water Trap Falls Water Quality Lab
Shelton, CT · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria
ALS Environmental - Stratford
Stratford, CT · about 8 miles
Certified for nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, radioactivity
Complete Environmental Testing, Inc.
Stratford, CT · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity
ZIP codes in Tashua
Which ZIP codes are in Tashua: 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 Tashua
Other towns in Fairfield County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Aquarion - Eastern Fairfield County’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for PFOARanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for PFAS, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water