Turbidity in Hamden, CT tap water

Yes — Hamden, CT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Turbidity at 0–98 NTU. Hamden, CT's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Turbidity at or above the federal limit (1 NTU MCL). Measured value is 98.0× the threshold.

The federal MCL for Turbidity is 1 NTU. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water. High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.

This page reproduces the Turbidity entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Hamden, CT water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/ct/hamden/2024/source.