Is Weston, CT tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Weston has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Weston Water Supply.
Weston Water Supply, 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 Weston’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Weston Water Supply
Connecticut · serves 100 people · nearly all in Weston
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Aquarion - Eastern Fairfield County
Connecticut · serves 351,756 people · under 100 in Weston
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOA at 10.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. Hardness: soft on average, 51 mg/L (3 grains per gallon), ranging from 34 to 86 mg/L.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Weston
The 3 labs Connecticut certifies closest to Weston, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
South Norwalk Electric & Water Laboratory
Wilton, CT · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
ALS Environmental - Newtown
Newtown, CT · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, radioactivity
ALS Environmental - Stratford
Stratford, CT · about 13 miles
Certified for nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, radioactivity
ZIP codes in Weston
Which ZIP codes are in Weston: 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 Weston
Other towns in Fairfield County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Weston Water Supply’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