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Water hardness in Bethel

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Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison: Unavailable
Evidence comparison rank: —
Matched utilities: 4
Active health records: 0

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EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Danbury Water Department

CT0340011 · Surface water · 62,055 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (2)

Imported violation history for Danbury Water Department
Rule	Status	Period
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	Resolved	Oct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleHealth-based	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Jul 31, 2021

Bethel Water Dept

CT0090011 · Surface water · 9,507 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.0014 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

9% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026

Violation history (52)

Imported violation history for Bethel Water Dept
Rule	Status	Period
CARBON, TOTAL	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Jan 31, 2025
CARBON, TOTAL	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Jan 31, 2025
Arsenic	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Cadmium	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Chromium	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Mercury	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Beryllium, Total	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Thallium, Total	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Selenium	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Vinyl chloride	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
1,2-Dichloroethane	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Carbon tetrachloride	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
CHLOROBENZENE	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Benzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Styrene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
CYANIDE	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
o-Dichlorobenzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Ethylbenzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Tetrachloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Antimony, Total	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
p-Dichlorobenzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Nitrate	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
1,2-Dichloropropane	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
DICHLOROMETHANE	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Trichloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Barium	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Toluene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Nitrite	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Fluoride	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
1,1-Dichloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Nickel	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Nitrate	Resolved	Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Nitrite	Resolved	Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Dec 30, 2022 to Dec 15, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
Thallium, Total	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Nickel	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Chromium	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Arsenic	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
TTHM	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
CYANIDE	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Selenium	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Antimony, Total	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Barium	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Beryllium, Total	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Mercury	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Cadmium	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Aquarion-Berkshire

CT0090292 · Surface water · 75 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Elmwood Court, Llc

CT0090114 · Groundwater · 54 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 5.0e-5 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026

Violation history (23)

Imported violation history for Elmwood Court, Llc
Rule	Status	Period
Lead and Copper Rule	Unaddressed	Jan 1, 2026
E. COLI	Resolved	Sep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
E. COLI	Resolved	Sep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Sep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Aug 10, 2025 to Aug 13, 2025
Nitrate	Resolved	Jul 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
Public Notice	Resolved	Jan 22, 2025 to Feb 20, 2025
E. COLI	Resolved	Dec 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
E. COLI	Resolved	Dec 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Sep 29, 2024 to Dec 23, 2024
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2024 to Jul 23, 2024
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Mar 31, 2024 to May 13, 2024
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Sep 29, 2023 to May 14, 2024
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Aug 10, 2023 to Sep 12, 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2023 to Jul 15, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform RuleHealth-based	Resolved	Jun 25, 2023 to Aug 15, 2024
Revised Total Coliform RuleHealth-based	Resolved	May 1, 2023 to May 31, 2023
Public Notice	Resolved	Dec 1, 2022 to Oct 16, 2023
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Sep 29, 2022 to May 14, 2024
Lead and Copper RuleHealth-based	Resolved	Jan 4, 2022 to May 22, 2025
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Dec 30, 2021 to May 14, 2024
Public Notice	Unaddressed	Apr 12, 2015

City summary

What the indexed records say

Bethel has 1 published ZIP profile across Fairfield County. The regional-evidence median is 95 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs

Moderately hard1 ZIP

Hard0 ZIPs

Very hard0 ZIPs

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance: 5.2 miles
Profiles with evidence: 1/1

Confidence labels

High: 1Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: Aug 1, 2016 to Jun 2, 2026.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Bethel

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ZIP code

06801

Moderately Hard

95.1 PPM

Nearest site: 5.2 mi
Confidence: High

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

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Questions people ask

About water in Bethel

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.