Ctwc - Pinewoods Lane Div, CT
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12.1 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Ctwc - Pinewoods Lane Div serves about 68 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Tolland County, Connecticut. EPA system ID: CT0780081; phone on file: 860-944-9655. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 5 ppb from 7.1 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ctwc - Pinewoods Lane Div is 14 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (3 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 12.1 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 7.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.1 ppb |
Against other Connecticut systems
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. Ctwc - Pinewoods Lane Div's 12.1 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Connecticut and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Tolland County
63 other systems share Tolland County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Ctwc - Pinewoods Lane Div. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| University Of Connecticut - Main Campus | 27,199 | 7.6 ppb |
| Ctwc - Hebron Center Division | 1,927 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tolland Water Department | 1,251 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ctwc - Amston Lake Division | 910 | 1.3 ppb |
| Ctwc - Uconn South Eagleville Div. | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ctwc - Northern Reg - Lakewood/Lakeview | 748 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ctwc - Coventry Hills Div | 700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ctwc - South Coventry System | 501 | 3.2 ppb |
| Woodhaven Apartments | 489 | 0.6 ppb |
| Vernon Village Inc. | 430 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Clinton, CT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clinton, 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 Ctwc - Pinewoods Lane Div 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.