Goodspeed Opera House

PWSID: CT0410334

3 active health-based violations
This system currently has unresolved violations for: 5000, 5200. These violations mean contaminant levels exceeded EPA limits or required treatment was not performed.

This system has more violations on record than 94% of water systems in Connecticut.

Violation trend: 8.0 per year over the last 5 years, up from 0.6 per year in the previous 5.

System Details

Population Served150
Service Connections1
Water SourceGroundwater
System TypeNon-Transient Non-Community
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityEast Haddam
EPA ZIP on File06423

Areas Served

  • East Haddam, Middlesex County

Lead & Copper Testing

ContaminantLevelEPA Action LevelStatus
Copper (90th percentile)1.4100 mg/L1.300 mg/LExceeds Action Level
Lead (90th percentile)0.0017 mg/L0.015 mg/LBelow Action Level
Lead (90th percentile)0.0008 mg/L0.015 mg/LBelow Action Level
Lead (90th percentile)0.0006 mg/L0.015 mg/LBelow Action Level
Lead (90th percentile)0.0006 mg/L0.015 mg/LBelow Action Level
Lead (90th percentile)0.0000 mg/L0.015 mg/LBelow Action Level
Lead (90th percentile)0.0000 mg/L0.015 mg/LBelow Action Level
Lead (90th percentile)0.0000 mg/L0.015 mg/LBelow Action Level
Lead (90th percentile)0.0000 mg/L0.015 mg/LBelow Action Level
Lead (90th percentile)0.0000 mg/L0.015 mg/LBelow Action Level
Lead (90th percentile)0.0000 mg/L0.015 mg/LBelow Action Level
Lead (90th percentile)0.0000 mg/L0.015 mg/LBelow Action Level

5 Active Violations

ContaminantViolationDateHealth-BasedStatus
5000MR2025-07-01Open
5000TT2025-01-01YesOpen
5000TT2024-12-28YesOpen
5200TT2024-10-17YesOpen
5200RPT2024-10-17Open

Violation History (95 total)

ContaminantViolationDateHealth-BasedStatus
5000MR2025-04-01Returned to Compliance
7500Other2025-03-23Returned to Compliance
7500Other2025-03-23Returned to Compliance
5000MR2024-07-01Returned to Compliance
5000MR2024-03-31Returned to Compliance
1064MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1064MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1064MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1925MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1925MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1925MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1927MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1927MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1927MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1996MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1996MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1996MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1919MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1919MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1919MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1064MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1064MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1064MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1927MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1927MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1927MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1996MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1996MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1996MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1919MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1919MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
1919MR2024-01-01Acknowledged
5000MR2022-12-30Returned to Compliance
5000MR2022-12-30Returned to Compliance
5000MR2021-12-30Returned to Compliance
5000MR2020-12-30Returned to Compliance
8000MON2020-07-01 MajorReturned to Compliance
8000MON2019-04-01 MajorReturned to Compliance
2210MR2016-01-01 MajorReturned to Compliance
2214MR2016-01-01 MajorReturned to Compliance
2216MR2016-01-01 MajorReturned to Compliance
2248MR2016-01-01 MajorReturned to Compliance
2251MR2016-01-01 MajorReturned to Compliance
2378MR2016-01-01 MajorReturned to Compliance
2380MR2016-01-01 MajorReturned to Compliance
2408MR2016-01-01 MajorReturned to Compliance
2410MR2016-01-01 MajorReturned to Compliance
2412MR2016-01-01 MajorReturned to Compliance
2413MR2016-01-01 MajorReturned to Compliance
2414MR2016-01-01 MajorReturned to Compliance

Showing 50 of 90 historical violations.

Understanding This Water System's Record

Goodspeed Opera House is a non-transient non-community water system that draws from groundwater sources and serves a population of 150 in East Haddam, Connecticut. This page shows its complete compliance history as reported to the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), the federal database that tracks every public water system in the United States.

What Do These Violations Mean?

Health-based violations mean the system exceeded an EPA maximum contaminant level (MCL) or failed to provide required treatment. These indicate potential health risks from contaminants like lead, arsenic, bacteria, nitrates, or disinfection byproducts. Non-health-based violations involve monitoring, reporting, or procedural requirements — the system missed a testing deadline or failed to notify customers, but contaminant levels were not necessarily unsafe.

What Should You Do?

Your water utility is required to publish an annual Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) that details test results and any violations. If your system has active health-based violations, consider a certified water filter rated for the specific contaminants involved. The contaminant guides on this site explain health risks and filter options for common pollutants. For the most current results, contact your water utility directly — EPA data can lag weeks or months behind real-time testing.