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New London County, Connecticut

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet CT011 · New London County 396 sys · 34,737 viol · #326/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 91.4% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.1% health
  • RANK-TOP #326/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 62.5% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 96%
  • SYS-LARGE 396 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Tolland County (+ 0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, New London County ranks #326 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #4 of 8 counties in Connecticut. See methodology · corpus placement.

New London County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 91.4% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 62.5% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #326 of 3,254 · #4 of 8 in Connecticut.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around New London County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest New London County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% New London · this county · lowest Middlesex · near 91.4% 91.8% 92.2% 93.5% 94.3% 97.3%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Norwich Public Utilities 36,163 97 Detected
Groton Utilities 30,200 6 Clean
New London Dept. of Public Utilities 27,620 203 Clean
Waterford Wpca 16,578 104 Clean
East Lyme Water & Sewer Commission 15,245 532 Detected
Aquarion-Mystic 10,788 162 Detected
Jewett City Water Company 6,840 134 Detected
Colchester Sewer & Water Commission 4,020 159 Detected
Ledyard Wpca - Ledyard Center 3,294 13 -
Ctwc - Shoreline Region-Sound View 3,028 134 -
Scwa, Montville Division (Mtv) 2,570 28 -
Scwa, Tower-Ferry View Division 2,567 54 -
Groton Long Point Association 2,400 69 -
Ledyard Wpca, Gales Ferry System 2,369 23 -
Noank Fire District 1,947 59 -
Scwa, North Stonington Division (Nst) 1,860 33 -
Leonard J.tyl Middle School&high School 1,466 328 -
Scwa, Mohegan Division 1,428 17 -
Montville Water Supply 1,300 87 -
Region 18 Schools - Lyme Street 1,102 130 -
Ctwc - Shoreline Region-Point O Woods 1,068 113 -
Sprague Water & Sewer Authority 1,058 192 -
Strawberry Park 1,047 65 -
St. Bernard School 950 70 -
Oakdale Heights Association, Inc 876 67 -
Hopeville Pond S.p./Beach-Well #2 800 22 -
Indian Field Coop Campground Assn., Inc. 685 223 -
Salem Elementary School 675 93 -
Scwa, Ledyard Center Division 652 43 -
Lisbon Central School 620 41 -
Preston Plains Water Company 550 120 -
Lebanon Elementary School 525 686 -
Scwa, Chesterfield Division 524 2 -
C E Murphy School 520 217 -
Preston Veterans Memorial School 500 45 -
Kitemaug Orchard Association, Inc. 490 168 -
Scwa, Hillcrest Division (Hlc) 450 11 -
Ctwc - Shoreline Region-Masons Island 445 35 -
Ctwc - Bay Mountain 440 326 -
Lebanon Middle School 415 245 -
Lyman Memorial High School 412 122 -
Aquarion-Arlington Acres 392 88 -
Scwa, Robin Hill Division (Rbn) 388 6 -
Scwa, Cedar Ridge Division 370 116 -
Voluntown Elementary School 365 12 -
Aquarion-Pleasure Valley 328 30 -
Jewett City Water Co., S & W System 320 39 -
Classee Water System - Latimer Point 316 52 -
Pachaug Marina Campground 310 74 -
Church of Christ the King 305 0 -

Compare beyond Connecticut

Lower-flagged peers for New London County

Cross-state counties nearest New London County on flagged-system share (91.4%) and cumulative violation count (34,737). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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