Metacomet Homes-Well 1 And Well 2, CT
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.3 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Metacomet Homes-Well 1 And Well 2
Metacomet Homes-Well 1 And Well 2 serves about 63 people through 7 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hartford County, Connecticut. EPA system ID: CT0400061; phone on file: 860-668-5342. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.3 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Metacomet Homes-Well 1 And Well 2 is 59.6 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 59.6 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Metacomet Homes-Well 1 And Well 2 compares
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. Metacomet Homes-Well 1 And Well 2's 2.3 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Connecticut and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
46 other systems share Hartford County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Metacomet Homes-Well 1 And Well 2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan District Commission | 390,887 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ctwc - Northern Reg-Western System | 101,313 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Britain Water Department | 73,534 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bristol Water Department | 52,079 | 0 (not detected) |
| Manchester Water Department | 51,198 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southington Water Department | 43,069 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hazardville Water Company | 18,544 | 0.7 ppb |
| Aquarion-Plainville Regional | 18,231 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ctwc - Unionville System | 14,693 | 2.4 ppb |
| Aquarion-Simsbury Regional | 14,691 | 0.3 ppb |
Next steps for Suffield, CT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Suffield, 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 Metacomet Homes-Well 1 And Well 2 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.