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Essex Gardens

Serves an area of Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT · 72 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 30 monitoring/reporting issues for Essex Gardens in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • CT0500021
  • FAIRFIELD
  • CT
  • 72 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 06825
EPA system ID CT0500021

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
0
Unresolved
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
30

Key facts

  • Essex Gardens draws water from 1 well.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Connecticut, December 2019.
  • Record on file since 1990, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 6 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Active No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Active
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 29, 2024 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Aug 10, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Aug 10, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Aug 10, 2020 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Aug 10, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 13, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Sep 23, 2018 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Aug 10, 2018 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2017 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Aug 10, 2017 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jun 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 May 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2016 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Aug 10, 2016 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2015 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2014 Resolved
Asbestos
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2013 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 1994 Active

Full record since 1990

EPA's records for Essex Gardens go back to 1990. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (7 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 63 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 7 47
2000s 0 5
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 11
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 15
2020s 1 9

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began January 2013, Resolved.

Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1995 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1995 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1994 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1994 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 1993 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1993 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1993 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Connecticut regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Essex Gardens and issued 1 boil water order between 1995 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 24, 2019 Connecticut Compliance order (no penalty) 23 violations (1 health-based): Total Coliform, Consumer Confidence Rule, Lead and Copper Rule, Revised Total Coliform Rule, Public Notice
Aug 20, 1996 Connecticut Signed compliance agreement 1 violation: Total Coliform
Sep 22, 1995 Connecticut Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Essex Gardens draws water from 1 well.

Annual water quality report

Essex Gardens 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.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Essex Gardens for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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