Is Wauregan, CT tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Wauregan has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.
Ctwc - Plainfield System, 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 Wauregan’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Ctwc - Plainfield System
Connecticut · serves 1,713 people · about 390 in Wauregan
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Ctwc - Crystal System
Connecticut · serves 6,378 people · about 250 in Wauregan
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 9.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Ctwc - Gallup System
Connecticut · serves 2,538 people · under 100 in Wauregan
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Wauregan
The 3 labs Connecticut certifies closest to Wauregan, 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 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
New England Testing Laboratory, Inc.
West Warwick, RI · about 21 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Eurofins Rhode Island
North Kingstown, RI · about 26 miles
Certified for nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Which ZIP codes are in Wauregan: 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 Wauregan
Other towns in Windham County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Ctwc - Plainfield System’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