Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS CT1219103
Colonial Center
Operator location Waterford, Connecticut - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 110 people served; 27 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 110
- People served (this PWS)
- 27
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 1
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Colonial Center standing, mid SDWIS violation third
110 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Colonial Center lands in the middle third by violation volume (27), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (110; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 27
- Total EPA violations on record
- 4%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 110
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 15
- County
- New London
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 23
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 17 | 2023 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 3 | 1997 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 1997 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2010 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 1 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Colonial Center has 27 recorded EPA violations, 39% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 60% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 27), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
27 Lower than most fewer violations than 60% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Colonial Center
EPA SDWIS lists 110 people served and 15 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
27 violations · 110 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
What to do with Colonial Center
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Connecticut compares on the same EPA violation measures. Connecticut systems
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