What's in MANCHESTER WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
MANCHESTER WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 51,198 people through 16,873 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
15 total violations and 4 health-based ones put MANCHESTER WATER DEPARTMENT at the 67th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,264 of 12,903.
How MANCHESTER WATER DEPARTMENT compares within CT
MANCHESTER WATER DEPARTMENT's 4 health-based violations sit above the CT average of 2.6, across 73 systems statewide. 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 MANCHESTER WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2024-01-11 (health-based: 1982-07-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MANCHESTER WATER DEPARTMENT'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:
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Fluoride
The most severe category on record is other regulated metals, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what MANCHESTER WATER DEPARTMENT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 15 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.