South Kent School, CT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.65 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. 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
South Kent School serves about 228 people through 36 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Litchfield County, Connecticut. EPA system ID: CT0680082; phone on file: 860-927-3539. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
South Kent School's lead record
That is down 5.38 ppb from 7.03 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for South Kent School is 7.03 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.65 ppb |
| 2023 | 7.03 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 7 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. South Kent School's 1.65 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Connecticut and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Litchfield County
72 other systems share Litchfield County; 30 of them have a higher latest lead result than South Kent School. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Torrington Water Company | 37,915 | 0 (not detected) |
| Watertown Water & Sewer Authority | 9,972 | 2 ppb |
| Winsted Water Works | 7,784 | 2.6 ppb |
| Watertown Fire District | 6,718 | 2.2 ppb |
| Ctwc - Naugatuck Reg-Terryville System | 5,607 | 0.6 ppb |
| Ctwc - Naugatuck Reg-Thomaston System | 3,789 | 2.8 ppb |
| Aquarion-Litchfield Regional | 3,097 | 2 ppb |
| Aquarion-Salisbury | 1,932 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aquarion-New Hartford | 1,872 | 1.4 ppb |
| Aquarion-North Canaan | 1,481 | 1.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; South Kent, 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 South Kent School 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.