Is JEWETT CITY WATER COMPANY's water safe to drink?
JEWETT CITY WATER COMPANY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 6,840 people get their water from it, across 1,684 connections.
JEWETT CITY WATER COMPANY's record against the rest of the country
37 total violations and 7 health-based ones put JEWETT CITY WATER COMPANY at the 79th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,648 of 12,903.
How JEWETT CITY WATER COMPANY compares within CT
Among the 73 CT systems in this dataset, the average is 2.6 health-based violations - JEWETT CITY WATER COMPANY's 7 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for JEWETT CITY WATER COMPANY is from 2023-01-07 (health-based: 2018-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
JEWETT CITY WATER COMPANY's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is JEWETT CITY WATER COMPANY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 37 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.