Aquarion-New Milford Regional, CT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Aquarion-New Milford Regional serves about 13,331 people through 4,827 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Fairfield,Litchfield County, Connecticut. EPA system ID: CT0960011; phone on file: 203-926-4320. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Aquarion-New Milford Regional's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Aquarion-New Milford Regional is 2 ppb across 14 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 493 Connecticut systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.8 ppb; 2 are over 15 ppb right now and 49 have gone over at some point. Aquarion-New Milford Regional's 1.4 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in Connecticut and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Shelton, CT may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Aquarion-New Milford Regional whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.