Public water system record
Watertown Fire District
Serves Watertown, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT · 6,718 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Watertown Fire District 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
- 3
Key facts
- Watertown Fire District draws water from 9 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Connecticut, September 2006.
- Record on file since 2004, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 196 unknown out of 2,164 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 22, 2023 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Aug 10, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
Full record since 2004
EPA's records for Watertown Fire District go back to 2004. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 74 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 69 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 2008, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2008 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Connecticut regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Watertown Fire District in 2006, filed as 4 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in September 2006.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2006 | Connecticut | Compliance order with a penalty | 16 violations: Combined Uranium, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Total Coliform |
| Jan 4, 2006 | Connecticut | Compliance order with a penalty | 14 violations: Nitrate, Nitrite, Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Watertown Fire District draws water from 9 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Waterbury Water Department. 1 other community water system buys water from Watertown Fire District. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Watertown Fire District.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Waterbury Water Department Waterbury, CT
Community systems that buy water from it
- Watertown Water & Sewer - Westgate Oakville, CT
Annual water quality report
Watertown Fire District 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