​Danbury Health to Offer Free Well Water Analysis

From Danbury HHS: The City of Danbury Department of Health & Human Services has announced that it is launching a program to allow 150 residents served by a private well system the opportunity to have their drinking water analyzed, through the month of June, free of charge. Residents may begin requesting this service by contacting the Department of Health & Human services at 203-797-4625.

“Our goal as a City is to make sure our residents have the best access to resources regarding their health and wellbeing,” said Lisa Morrissey, Director of Health & Human Services. “We take the safety of our drinking water very seriously and want to ensure homeowners take the initiative to have their wells tested.”

In the State of Connecticut, private well owners are responsible for testing the quality of their own drinking water and maintaining their own wells.

The well water analysis will be performed at a licensed State Certified Laboratory and will test for: total coliform, nitrate, nitrite, pH level, odor, chloride, hardness, apparent color, sulfate, turbidity, iron, and manganese.

Residents also have the option to add a test for lead for a fee from the laboratory.

Following this program, the City of Danbury will begin subsidizing the cost of private well water analyses.

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