This indicator based on the Healthy Connecticut 2020 State Health Improvement Plan is developmental. No data yet.

Connecticut Department of Public Health, State of Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, State Department of Education, Connecticut Department of Administrative Services, Connecticut Department of Housing, Office of the Attorney General, local courts, regional water authorities, federal environmental and geological agencies, local public health agencies, public health professional associations, local water quality agencies, other professional associations concerned with water quality and safety,organizations and coalitions focused on public health and the environment, and philanthropic and research organizations that address the environment.

Drinking water may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. The Environmental Protection Agency sets standards for approximately 90 contaminants and indicators in drinking water. The presence of indicators at a level outside of specified limits may reflect a problem in the treatment process or in the integrity of the distribution system.The Drinking Water Section aims to reduce consumer exposure to contaminants by improving drinking water system technical, managerial and financial capacity through regulatory training, outreach activities, technical assistance, use of high quality sources and direct oversight.

Provide free emergency plan training and asset management plan training with technical assistance to all small community public water systems, to increase direct financial, managerial and technical assistance to assure system viability and sustainability.

Offer subsidized Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) loans each year for system infrastructure projects to bring systems into compliance, to increase direct financial, managerial and technical assistance to assure system viability and sustainability; and loans each year for system generators, to increase direct financial, managerial and technical assistance to assure system viability and sustainability.

Utilize existing enforcement measures to increase compliance of small community public water systems, to increase direct financial, managerial and technical assistance to assure system viability and sustainability.