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Official source aggregationWater quality in New Milford, CT 06776
Regional hardness evidence, possible serving systems, EPA compliance history, and the measurements that are—and are not—available for Litchfield County.
1 active health-based record(s) across possible systems
- Largest possible serving system
- Aquarion-New Milford Regional
- Source water
- Groundwater
- County
- Litchfield County
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Your tap water
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Utility hardness unavailable in this index
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What the current records say
EPA quarter 2026Q2
All possible systems
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1 active health-based record
Measurements by utility
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10 systems
Serves 13,331 people system-wide
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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records
These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.
EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.
Aquarion-New Milford Regional
CT0960011 · Groundwater · 13,331 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
Find this utility’s official report →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
- Reported level
- 0.002 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
13% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (46)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Endrin | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Methoxychlor | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Diquat | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| OXAMYL | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Picloram | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Aldicarb sulfone | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Atrazine | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| LASSO | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| 2,4,5-TP | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Pentachlorophenol | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Barium | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Cadmium | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Chromium | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Fluoride | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Nickel | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Thallium, Total | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Dalapon | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Aldicarb | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Simazine | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Dinoseb | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| CYANIDE | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| 2,4-D | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Combined Uranium | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Glyphosate | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Antimony, Total | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Beryllium, Total | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Mercury | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Chlordane | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Arsenic | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Selenium | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Heptachlor | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Toxaphene | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Carbofuran | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| BHC-GAMMA | Archived | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025 |
Clc Owners Corporation
CT0960071 · Groundwater · 736 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
Find this utility’s official report →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
- Reported level
- 0 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
0% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
Violation history (3)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| E. COLI | Resolved | Sep 10, 2025 to Dec 9, 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Sep 8, 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Oct 5, 2022 |
Sunny Valley Tax District
CT0960031 · Groundwater · 500 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
1 reported active health-based record(s) for this system
Find this utility’s official report →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
- Reported level
- 0.0016 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
11% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
Violation history (17)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Aug 10, 2025 to Sep 5, 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 7, 2025 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-based | Unaddressed | Oct 17, 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | Unaddressed | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Jul 5, 2024 |
| E. COLI | Resolved | Jun 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024 |
| E. COLI | Resolved | Jun 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Aug 21, 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Apr 12, 2023 |
| E. COLI | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Apr 30, 2022 |
| E. COLI | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Apr 30, 2022 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to May 31, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Apr 30, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Mar 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Jul 11, 2021 to Jul 30, 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to Jul 2, 2021 |
Aquarion-Meadowbrook
CT0960201 · Groundwater · 396 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
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (2)
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
- Reported level
- 0.002 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
13% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Copper (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 1.73 mg/L
- Action level
- 1.3 mg/L
133% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2012
Violation history (0)
No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.
Aquarion-Carmen Hill
CT0960101 · Groundwater · 322 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
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (2)
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
- Reported level
- 0.0013 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
9% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Copper (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 1.7 mg/L
- Action level
- 1.3 mg/L
131% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jul 1, 1997 to Dec 31, 1997
Violation history (2)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2008 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | May 18, 2006 |
Candlewood Trails Association, Inc.
CT0960091 · Groundwater · 312 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
Find this utility’s official report →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
- Reported level
- 9.4e-4 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
6% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (14)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Dec 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 7, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Aug 8, 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Dec 30, 2023 to Mar 14, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Aug 10, 2023 to Jul 7, 2023 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Jul 6, 2023 to Aug 24, 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Jul 7, 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Oct 5, 2022 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Jun 1, 2022 to Mar 5, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jun 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | May 1, 2022 to May 31, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Apr 30, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Mar 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Dec 30, 2021 to Sep 10, 2021 |
Birch Groves Association, Inc
CT0960061 · Groundwater · 300 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
Find this utility’s official report →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
- Reported level
- 0.002 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
14% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (17)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Jan 1, 2026 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Sep 29, 2025 to Feb 9, 2026 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Aug 10, 2025 to Aug 23, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 12, 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Jan 1, 2025 to Jan 21, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Aug 10, 2024 to Sep 27, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Sep 27, 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Jul 9, 2024 |
| E. COLI | Unaddressed | Aug 29, 2023 |
| E. COLI | Unaddressed | Aug 29, 2023 |
| E. COLI | Unaddressed | Aug 29, 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Aug 10, 2023 to Nov 16, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Sep 20, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Aug 10, 2022 to Mar 11, 2026 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Mar 11, 2026 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Aug 10, 2021 to Aug 27, 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to Aug 27, 2021 |
Old Farms Condominium Association Inc
CT0960191 · Groundwater · 285 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
Find this utility’s official report →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
- Reported level
- 0.0017 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
11% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Violation history (56)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Aug 10, 2025 to Dec 11, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 11, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Aug 10, 2024 to Dec 11, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Dec 11, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Nov 30, 2023 to Dec 7, 2023 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Nov 30, 2023 to Dec 7, 2023 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Nov 30, 2023 to Dec 7, 2023 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Jul 6, 2023 to Dec 7, 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Aug 4, 2023 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| Trichloroethylene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| Benzene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| Toluene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| Ethylbenzene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| Vinyl chloride | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| Styrene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Oct 5, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jun 1, 2022 to Jul 31, 2021 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Jun 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | May 1, 2022 to May 31, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | May 1, 2022 to May 31, 2022 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| Benzene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| Ethylbenzene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| Styrene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| Trichloroethylene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Apr 30, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Apr 30, 2022 |
| Vinyl chloride | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| Toluene | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
Aquarion-Forest Hills
CT0960141 · Groundwater · 265 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
Find this utility’s official report →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
- Reported level
- 0.003 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
20% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Violation history (1)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Dec 30, 2021 to Jan 21, 2022 |
Candle Hill Mobile Home Park
CT0960151 · Groundwater · 233 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
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (2)
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
- Reported level
- 0.002 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
13% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Copper (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 1.6 mg/L
- Action level
- 1.3 mg/L
123% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jul 1, 1993 to Dec 31, 1993
Violation history (18)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Public Notice | Resolved | Apr 10, 2025 to May 21, 2025 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Nov 1, 2024 to Nov 30, 2024 |
| Groundwater Rule | Resolved | Nov 1, 2024 to Nov 30, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Jul 10, 2024 |
| Groundwater Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 31, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Mar 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Feb 1, 2023 to Feb 28, 2023 |
| TTHM | Resolved | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jan 1, 2023 to Jan 31, 2023 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | Resolved | Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Dec 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Nov 1, 2022 to Nov 30, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2022 to Oct 31, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Sep 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Aug 1, 2022 to Aug 31, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Jul 31, 2022 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | Resolved | Sep 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2022 |
| TTHM | Resolved | Sep 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2022 |
Hardness meter
What does nearby environmental evidence show?
254
PPM as CaCO₃
Very Hard
PPM
254
GPG
14.9
Regional environmental evidence
USGS hardness classification scale
254 PPM
Soft
0–60Moderate
61–120Hard
121–180Very hard
181+
0–60Moderate
61–120Hard
121–180Very hard
181+
Parts per million
254
mg/L as CaCO₃ equivalent
Grains per gallon
14.9
1 GPG ≈ 17.1 PPM
How to use regional evidence
These samples describe nearby environmental water. They cannot establish whether your tap water is soft or hard. Use a utility result or a tap test for appliance settings and treatment sizing.
USGS sites used
3
Nearest site
13.4 mi
Observation range
Jun 27, 2017–Nov 5, 2018
Regional evidence confidence
Low
Median of the latest source-type-aligned hardness observation at each monitoring site within 25 miles. Nearest monitoring location: CT- SB 120 (Well).USGS source documentation ↗Evidence tier: Regional environmental evidence. This value is not used as proof of the serving utility's treated-water hardness.
Regional context
Is 06776 typical?
These comparisons use other indexed ZIP estimates, not utility tap samples. They help show local context without replacing a household test.
New Milford median
254 PPM
About the same1 indexed ZIP readings · Range 254–254 PPM
Connecticut median
89 PPM
165 PPM higher98 indexed ZIP readings · Range 15.8–254 PPM
Evidence-first next steps
Confirm the problem before choosing treatment
This profile can help you ask the right question. It cannot select equipment for a property without a current result from the serving utility or the tap.
Confirm the serving system
ZIP boundaries and utility service areas do not perfectly match. Verify the system on a water bill before relying on system-wide records.
Read the current utility report
An active health-based record is present. Follow the utility's current notice and public-health instructions.
Find an official utility report →Test for the decision you face
Use a tap hardness test before sizing a softener. For health concerns, use a certified laboratory and the correct sampling protocol.
Convert your hardness test result →Frequently asked
Water questions for New Milford
Is tap water safe in New Milford?+
EPA ECHO reports 1 active health-based violation among the associated community water systems. Review the affected utility's current notice and Consumer Confidence Report.
How hard is the water?+
Utility-reported hardness is unavailable in this index. Regional samples do not establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.
Do I need a water softener?+
Confirm hardness at your tap and consider actual scale or spotting before choosing treatment. Regional environmental values cannot determine whether you need a softener. A softener addresses hardness, not every contaminant.