Public water system record
Durham Center Division
Serves Durham, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT · 1,601 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Durham Center Division in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 4
Key facts
- Durham Center Division buys its water from Middletown Water Department.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Connecticut, November 2001.
- Record on file since 1990, with 14 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 77 unknown out of 204 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 29, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 31, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
May 4, 2018 | Active |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jan 6, 2018 | Active |
Full record since 1990
EPA's records for Durham Center Division go back to 1990. Before October 19, 2016 they list 14 health-based violations (3 resolved, 11 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 50 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12 | 43 |
| 2000s | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began July 2001, Resolved.
Show all 14 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2001 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2001 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Feb 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1993 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1992 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1992 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1992 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1992 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1992 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 1991 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1991 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1991 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1991 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1991 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Connecticut regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Durham Center Division and issued 11 boil water orders between 1985 and 2001. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in November 2001.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2001 | Connecticut | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations: Total Coliform |
| Feb 25, 1994 | Connecticut | Consent decree or court judgment | 9 violations (9 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Feb 25, 1994 | Connecticut | Civil case concluded | 11 violations (11 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Nov 24, 1993 | Connecticut | Civil case filed in court | 11 violations (11 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Oct 8, 1992 | Connecticut | Boil water order | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jul 16, 1992 | Connecticut | Boil water order | 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jan 14, 1992 | Connecticut | Boil water order | 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Oct 15, 1991 | Connecticut | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jul 15, 1991 | Connecticut | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jul 8, 1991 | Connecticut | Boil water order | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Apr 30, 1991 | Connecticut | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Sep 30, 1988 | Connecticut | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Sep 30, 1987 | Connecticut | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Sep 30, 1986 | Connecticut | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Sep 30, 1985 | Connecticut | Boil water order | 1 violation |
Where the water comes from
Durham Center Division buys its water from Middletown Water Department. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Middletown Water Department Middletown, CT
Annual water quality report
Durham Center Division must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Connecticut.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells