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Metropolitan District Commission

Serves West Hartford, Hartford, East Hartford and 4 more places, Capitol Planning Region, CT · 390,887 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Metropolitan District Commission in the last ten years.

  • CT0640011
  • HARTFORD
  • CT
  • 390,887 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 06142
EPA system ID CT0640011

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Metropolitan District Commission draws water from 2 surface water intakes and 6 reservoirs (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Record on file since 2010, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 14,029 unknown out of 104,807 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2025 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
 Dec 30, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 2010

EPA's records for Metropolitan District Commission go back to 2010. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
2020s 0 2

Where the water comes from

Metropolitan District Commission draws water from 2 surface water intakes and 6 reservoirs (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from CTWC - Unionville System. It also has emergency connections to New Britain Water Department and CTWC - Northern Reg-Western System. 4 other community water systems and 4 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Metropolitan District Commission. 4 other public water systems have emergency connections to Metropolitan District Commission.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Metropolitan District Commission 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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