Is WINSTED WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
WINSTED WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 7,784 people get their water from it, across 2,742 connections.
WINSTED WATER WORKS's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, WINSTED WATER WORKS ranks 2,595th by violation burden (80th percentile) - 61 violations total, 7 health-baseds.
How WINSTED WATER WORKS compares within CT
Among the 73 CT systems in this dataset, the average is 2.6 health-based violations - WINSTED WATER WORKS'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 WINSTED WATER WORKS is from 2017-01-01 (health-based: 2011-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WINSTED WATER WORKS'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
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
WINSTED WATER WORKS's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and WINSTED WATER WORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,595th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.