Question 1

Is 31 Old Route Seven water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

31 Old Route Seven (PWS ID: CT0189993) has 794 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 50 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does 31 Old Route Seven serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that 31 Old Route Seven serves 50 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Bethel or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 1 service connections. The operator address is listed in Bethel, Connecticut.

Question 3

What type of violations does 31 Old Route Seven have?

Accepted Answer

31 Old Route Seven has 794 total violations: 13 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 759 monitoring/reporting violations, and 13 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in 31 Old Route Seven water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for 31 Old Route Seven under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does 31 Old Route Seven use?

Accepted Answer

31 Old Route Seven uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Non-Transient Non-Community Water System, serving the same people for at least 6 months per year.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

How does 31 Old Route Seven's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

31 Old Route Seven has 794 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 2% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 98% of that cohort has fewer violations than 31 Old Route Seven. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	18	2020
Atrazine	MR	18	2020
LASSO	MR	18	2020
Heptachlor	MR	18	2020
Simazine	MR	18	2020
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	18	2020
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	18	2020
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	MR	18	2020
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	18	2020
BHC-GAMMA	MR	18	2020
Methoxychlor	MR	18	2020
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	18	2020
Endrin	MR	14	2020
Dalapon	MR	14	2020
Diquat	MR	14	2020
Picloram	MR	14	2020
Dinoseb	MR	14	2020
Aldicarb sulfoxide	MR	14	2020
2,4-D	MR	14	2020
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE	MR	14	2020
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	14	2020
Aldicarb sulfone	MR	14	2020
Glyphosate	MR	14	2020
OXAMYL	MR	14	2020
Aldicarb	MR	14	2020
2,4,5-TP	MR	14	2020
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	MR	14	2020
Chlordane	MR	14	2020
Pentachlorophenol	MR	14	2020
Toxaphene	MR	14	2020

31 Old Route Seven

31 Old Route Seven standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for 31 Old Route Seven

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load