Is Torrington Water Company Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Litchfield

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2019-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1992-01-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1992-01-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1992-01-01
TT	Health-based	Archived	1992-01-01 → 1997-06-29
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-02-01 → 2019-02-28
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-02-01 → 2019-02-28
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-02-01 → 2019-02-28
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-02-01 → 2019-02-28
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-07-01

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Chloroform	60.23 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 100 µg/L	168/170	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	5.26 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.9 µg/L	165/170	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	21.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 31 µg/L	162/162	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	26.96 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 48 µg/L	162/162	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	48 µg/L 80% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 78 µg/L	161/162	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	66.1 µg/L 83% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 110 µg/L	160/160	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	136.4 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 226.3 µg/L	87/87	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.7 µg/L	87/162	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	61/61	LCR	2026
Barium	21.935 µg/L 1.1% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 23 µg/L	24/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.285 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.6 µg/L	24/162	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	40.48 µg/L 270% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 88.4 µg/L	17/88	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	0.8205 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.1 µg/L	14/170	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	59 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	10/36	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	650 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 670 µg/L	9/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	78.5 µg/L 0.8% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 85 µg/L	6/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	2.85 µg/L 2.9% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 3 µg/L	3/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.065 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	2/162	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.5300 pCi/L 11% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/3	SYR4	2013–2019

91 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ULRICH, ROBERT J.
Phone: 203-926-4320
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Torrington Water Company

Is Torrington Water Company tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 19 contaminants in Torrington Water Company's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Torrington Water Company's water?

EPA monitoring detected Chloroform, Bromodichloromethane, Dichloroacetic Acid, Trichloroacetic Acid, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Torrington Water Company serve?

Torrington Water Company reports serving 37,915 people in Connecticut, per its EPA record.

Has Torrington Water Company had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 92 violations on file for Torrington Water Company, of which 5 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.