WOLCOTT WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
WOLCOTT 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 2,550 people through 685 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, WOLCOTT WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 4,813th by violation burden (63th percentile) - 47 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How WOLCOTT WATER DEPARTMENT compares within CT
Among the 73 CT systems in this dataset, the average is 2.6 health-based violations - WOLCOTT WATER DEPARTMENT's 3 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 WOLCOTT WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2022-06-12 (health-based: 2006-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WOLCOTT 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- 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
This is what WOLCOTT 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. Between the utility's meter and WOLCOTT WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,813th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.