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Waterford Wpca

Serves an area of Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT that includes Waterford · 16,578 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 7 monitoring/reporting issues for Waterford Wpca in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • CT1520071
  • WATERFORD
  • CT
  • 16,578 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 06385
EPA system ID CT1520071

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
7

Key facts

  • Waterford Wpca buys its water from New London Dept. of Public Utilities.
  • Record on file since 1999, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 2 lead and 1,740 unknown out of 7,539 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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Aug 10, 2017 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 19, 1999 Active

Full record since 1999

EPA's records for Waterford Wpca go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 74 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2000s 0 71
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 0 4

Where the water comes from

Waterford Wpca buys its water from New London Dept. of Public Utilities. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to Montville Water Supply. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Waterford Wpca.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Waterford Wpca 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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Testing your own water

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