Is Torrington, CT tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Torrington 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 Torrington’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Torrington Water Company
Connecticut · serves 37,915 people · about 32,800 in Torrington
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Aquarion - Litchfield Regional
Connecticut · serves 3,097 people · lists Torrington among the places it serves
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Torrington
The 3 labs Connecticut certifies closest to Torrington, 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 21 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Envirotech Laboratory
Windsor, CT · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics, radioactivity
EMSL Analytical, Inc. - CT
Meriden, CT · about 26 miles
Certified for bacteria, asbestos
ZIP codes in Torrington
Which ZIP codes are in Torrington: 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 Torrington
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