Is PUTNAM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
PUTNAM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 7,300, over 2,230 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
164 total violations and 18 health-based ones put PUTNAM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY at the 92th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 976 of 12,903.
Against the CT average
PUTNAM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY's 18 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
PUTNAM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
The concern categories on record
PUTNAM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Chlorite
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 PUTNAM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY's record does not cover
Everything on this page is PUTNAM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and PUTNAM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 976th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.