Munimetric Water System Profile

Jewett City Water Company, CT

Drinking Water Infrastructure Profile

Munimetric analysis of drinking water infrastructure in Jewett City Water Company, CT, Connecticut, including MISI stress score, active signals, and peer-relative monitoring context. This profile highlights what is happening and why it matters using water-system, fiscal, capital, and signal context.

Jewett City Water Company, CT has a MISI infrastructure stress score of 40.9/100 in the Fragile band as of 2026-05-19. Public records show surface-water sourcing, PFAS monitoring context, lead and copper compliance context and approximately 6,840 residents served. Updated May 2026.

FragileScore date May 19, 2026Methodology v0.1.2

State context

Current market shown in covered state context. Tile size reflects population served; color reflects stress band.

40.9Headline composite
FragileBand
83%Confidence
~7KPop. served
P95Peer percentile
7Active signals

Current headline composite

Component of current headline composite

Infrastructure Stress24.4 / 100

Physical, compliance, and capital-execution pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Socioeconomic Stress16.5 / 100

Affordability, demand-base, and parent-government fiscal pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Observability Stress0.0 / 100

Staleness, disclosure freshness, and reporting-visibility effects reflected in the blended headline composite.

40.9/100 headline compositeFragile83% confidencedrinking_water::community_water_system::under_25k::surface_water~7K people served

Monitoring context stored

Water Quality & Supply Context

Public-record context for this system. Stored monitoring and compliance records only. Does not change MISI.

Public records
Records presentCTPWSID CT0580011.
Recent violations
5 records5 MRSurface Water Treatment Rule, Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Enforcement records
5 recordsStored public enforcement rows.
PFAS monitoring records
1 detection0.01Stored PFAS monitoring records list 180 samples and 1 detection.
Lead/copper monitoring records
1 record32 samplesStored lead/copper records list 1 open LCR violation and 0 action-level records.
Source / supply context
Surface waterIdentity6,840 served; Dec 31, 2025.

Executive context

What the Data Suggests

Jewett City Water Company, CT is a smaller community water system, serving approximately 6,840 residents. The current reading places the system in a zone of moderate-to-elevated stress that goes beyond normal operating variation.

The score is being driven mainly by Capex Pressure, which is at the top of its range in the model, with Rate Constraint adding another heavy layer of pressure. That combination suggests strain is showing up across core system functions, not just one isolated dimension.

5 active stress signals are attached to this system, including 2 at high severity. That signal mix points to a system where several warning indicators are firing at once, not just one extreme outlier.

Within Community · < 25k · Surface, this system ranks around the 95th percentile on measured stress, placing it among the more stressed systems in its peer group.

Recent observations suggest the system has been relatively steady rather than sharply improving or deteriorating — the current picture looks more like persistent underlying pressure than a sudden shift.

This summary is based on structured, source-backed public data and is intended for research and monitoring only. It is not investment advice, a credit opinion, or municipal advisory guidance.

Analytical posture

Market Stress Analytics

Family Contribution

MISI family contributions for this market.

Capex PressureCapex Pressure: 18.5 / 20.018.5Rate ConstraintRate Constraint: 16.5 / 20.016.5Operational StressOperational Stress: 5.9 / 20.05.9Revenue FragilityRevenue Fragility: 0.0 / 20.00.0Governance RiskGovernance Risk: 0.0 / 20.00.0

Peer Position

Where Jewett City Water Company sits within its peer cohort.

0%25%50%75%100%40.9drinking_water::community_water_system::under_25k::surface_water · 3379 systems · 95th percentileLess stressMore stress
Income ErosionIncome Erosion: 15.6% weight — Available 15.6%Compliance EscalationCompliance Escalation: 9.4% weight — Available 9.4%Infrastructure Capit…Infrastructure Capital Gap: 9.4% weight — Available 9.4%Population Served De…Population Served Decline: 7.8% weight — Population-served trend is unavailable because the latest support metric snapshot is missing or incomplete. 7.8%Housing Market Weakn…Housing Market Weakness: 7.8% weight — Available 7.8%Parent-Government Fi…Parent-Government Fiscal Stress: 7.8% weight — No parent-government fiscal overlay is available for this service market. 7.8%Monitoring / Reporti…Monitoring / Reporting Failures: 6.3% weight — Available 6.3%Climate Hazard Expos…Climate Hazard Exposure: 6.3% weight — No FEMA climate-hazard risk score is available for this market. 6.3%Lead & Copper Rule R…Lead & Copper Rule Risk: 6.3% weight — Available 6.3%PFAS Contamination R…PFAS Contamination Risk: 6.3% weight — Available 6.3%SRF Dependence SpikeSRF Dependence Spike: 6.3% weight — Available 6.3%Utility Data StalenessUtility Data Staleness: 4.7% weight — Available 4.7%Formal Enforcement O…Formal Enforcement Obligations: 3.1% weight — Available 3.1%Rapid Score Deterior…Rapid Score Deterioration: 3.1% weight — Available 3.1%
AvailableMissing

Score History

Latest

40.9

Trend

+14.9

Observations

41

Mar 24, 2026 · 26.0Mar 25, 2026 · 34.0Mar 29, 2026 · 34.0Apr 2, 2026 · 34.0Apr 3, 2026 · 34.0Apr 3, 2026 · 34.0Apr 4, 2026 · 34.0Apr 5, 2026 · 34.0Apr 5, 2026 · 34.0Apr 6, 2026 · 45.0Apr 7, 2026 · 45.0Apr 8, 2026 · 45.0Apr 9, 2026 · 45.0Apr 10, 2026 · 45.0Apr 13, 2026 · 45.0Apr 14, 2026 · 45.0Apr 18, 2026 · 45.0Apr 19, 2026 · 45.0Apr 21, 2026 · 45.0Apr 22, 2026 · 45.0Apr 23, 2026 · 45.0Apr 24, 2026 · 45.0Apr 25, 2026 · 45.0Apr 26, 2026 · 40.9Apr 26, 2026 · 45.0Apr 27, 2026 · 40.9Apr 28, 2026 · 40.9Apr 29, 2026 · 40.9Apr 30, 2026 · 40.9May 1, 2026 · 40.9May 2, 2026 · 40.9May 3, 2026 · 40.9May 4, 2026 · 40.9May 5, 2026 · 40.9May 6, 2026 · 40.9May 7, 2026 · 40.9May 8, 2026 · 40.9May 9, 2026 · 40.9May 10, 2026 · 40.9May 17, 2026 · 40.9May 19, 2026 · 40.9Mar 24, 2026May 19, 2026

Structural Indicators

Operational Stress5.9 / 20.0

Operational Stress totals 5.929 points, led by compliance escalation.

Capex Pressure18.5 / 20.0

Capex Pressure totals 18.485 points, led by lead & copper rule risk.

Revenue Fragility0.0 / 20.0

Revenue Fragility totals 0.000 points with no triggered factors.

Rate Constraint16.5 / 20.0

Rate Constraint totals 16.498 points, led by income erosion.

Governance Risk0.0 / 20.0

Governance Risk totals 0.000 points with no triggered factors.

Stress movement

Diagnostics

Diagnostics & Movement

Compact status for confidence, data coverage, disclosure freshness, and stored score movement. Detailed diagnostic history remains available below.

Confidence

83%

Confidence is mainly capped by missing factor coverage.

Factor coverage

Complete

All tracked confidence factors are currently available.

Disclosure freshness

Not available

No attached disclosure document has a usable reference date. Some profile sections are selectively summarized because confidence is currently medium.

Latest movement

flat 0.0

Compared with May 17, 2026.

Last material movement

-4.1

Recorded Apr 26, 2026.

History

41 observations stored

Latest stored observation May 19, 2026.

Show detailed diagnostic history

Expanded stress diagnostics

Open detailed contribution diagnostics

No detailed factor diagnostics are stored for this profile snapshot.

Confidence summary

Confidence is mainly capped by missing factor coverage.

Missing factor coverage

No factor gaps are recorded on the latest stored score.

Disclosure freshness diagnostics

0 attached local documents · 0 structured facts

No attached disclosure document has a usable reference date. Some profile sections are selectively summarized because confidence is currently medium.

Latest reference Not available · stale after Not available

Score movement

flat 0.0

Previous run May 17, 2026

May 19, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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May 17, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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May 10, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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May 9, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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May 8, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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May 7, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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May 6, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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May 5, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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May 4, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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May 3, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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May 2, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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May 1, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 30, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 29, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 28, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 27, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 26, 2026

Score 40.9 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

Delta vs prior run -4.1

Apr 26, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 25, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 24, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 23, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 22, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 21, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 19, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 18, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 14, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 13, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 10, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 9, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 8, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 7, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

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Apr 6, 2026

Score 45.0 in band fragile. Confidence 83%.

Delta vs prior run 11.0

Apr 5, 2026

Score 34.0 in band watch. Confidence 74%.

Delta vs prior run 0.0

Apr 5, 2026

Score 34.0 in band watch. Confidence 84%.

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Apr 4, 2026

Score 34.0 in band watch. Confidence 84%.

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Apr 3, 2026

Score 34.0 in band watch. Confidence 84%.

Delta vs prior run 0.0

Apr 3, 2026

Score 34.0 in band watch. Confidence 84%.

Delta vs prior run 0.0

Apr 2, 2026

Score 34.0 in band watch. Confidence 84%.

Delta vs prior run 0.0

Mar 29, 2026

Score 34.0 in band watch. Confidence 80%.

Delta vs prior run 0.0

Mar 25, 2026

Score 34.0 in band watch. Confidence 80%.

Delta vs prior run 8.0

Mar 24, 2026

Score 26.0 in band watch. Confidence 66%.

Signals

Signal Timeline

EmergingactiveNot availableRank #1

Signal
pfas contamination risk
Score impact
Not available
Resolved
Active
SignificantactiveNot availableRank #2

Signal
lead copper rule risk
Score impact
Not available
Resolved
Active
EmergingresolvedNot availableRank #3

Signal
pfas contamination risk
Score impact
Not available
Resolved
Apr 7, 2026
SignificantresolvedNot availableRank #4

Signal
lead copper rule risk
Score impact
Not available
Resolved
Apr 7, 2026
MaterialactiveNot availableRank #5

Signal
Infrastructure Capital Gap
Score impact
Not available
Resolved
Active
SignificantactiveNot availableRank #6

Signal
Income Erosion
Score impact
Not available
Resolved
Active
MaterialactiveNot availableRank #7

Signal
Compliance Escalation
Score impact
Not available
Resolved
Active

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About Jewett City Water Company, CT

Jewett City Water Company, CT is a community drinking-water system in Connecticut that Munimetric monitors for infrastructure stress. The current MISI score of 40.9 out of 100 places this system in the fragile stress band as of 2026-05-19. The MISI composite reflects five structural risk families: Operational Stress, Capex Pressure, Revenue Fragility, Rate Constraint, and Governance Risk. Higher scores indicate more structural stress.

Data is assembled from EPA SDWA compliance records, American Community Survey demographic and economic indicators, FEMA National Risk Index hazard exposure data, state-reported financial disclosures, and stored public-record water quality context where available. This system serves approximately 6,840 people. The system has 5 recorded compliance violations in the SDWA record. Munimetric does not fabricate data where public records are unavailable. This profile is for structural monitoring and research—not a current-condition determination or credit rating. Updated May 2026.

What is the Munimetric score for Jewett City Water Company, CT?
The current Munimetric Infrastructure Stress Index (MISI) score for Jewett City Water Company, CT is 40.9 out of 100, placing this system in the fragile stress band. MISI is a composite of five structural risk families. Higher values indicate more stress. The score is deterministic, source-backed, and updated as new data becomes available.
Does Jewett City Water Company, CT show signs of drinking-water infrastructure stress?
Munimetric monitors structural stress indicators for Jewett City Water Company, CT across operational conditions, capital needs, revenue stability, rate affordability, and governance quality. The current MISI score and active signals shown in this profile reflect the latest available evidence from EPA, ACS, FEMA NRI, and state financial disclosures.
Does Munimetric rate current tap-water conditions for Jewett City Water Company, CT?
No. Munimetric is not a water testing service and does not make current-condition determinations. This profile tracks structural conditions: compliance posture, financial pressure, infrastructure stress, and governance quality. For current water quality testing results, consult the system's Consumer Confidence Report or contact the local water utility.
Has Jewett City Water Company, CT had a boil water advisory?
Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisory status, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. This profile tracks structural risk indicators and compliance history that provide long-term context around system reliability.
Are lead pipes or corrosion risk a concern in Jewett City Water Company, CT?
Where EPA SDWA compliance data includes lead and copper rule monitoring, violations, or enforcement actions, that information feeds into the Operational Stress component of the MISI score. Munimetric does not fabricate lead pipe data where public records are silent.
Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for Jewett City Water Company, CT?
Where stored public records include UCMR or contaminant-monitoring summaries, Munimetric displays PFAS monitoring context as public-record evidence. Missing PFAS summaries are treated as missing records, not as non-detections. This context does not change MISI by itself.
What source-water context is available for Jewett City Water Company, CT?
Munimetric displays stored source-water and supply context where public drinking-water identity records are available. Source-water context helps explain treatment and supply exposure, but missing source records remain explicit rather than inferred.
Why might water rates be increasing in Jewett City Water Company, CT?
Rate pressure can reflect capital investment needs, a declining customer base, revenue fragility, affordability constraints, or parent-government fiscal stress. The Rate Constraint and Revenue Fragility score families specifically measure these pressures where data is available from public financial disclosures.
What does the MISI score mean for Jewett City Water Company, CT?
The MISI score (40.9/100) is a composite measure of structural risk across five families: Operational Stress, Capex Pressure, Revenue Fragility, Rate Constraint, and Governance Risk. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. The current methodology also downweights factors that are nearly universal or very rare in the frozen national reference population, so one common contextual factor does not dominate the headline by itself. Higher scores indicate more structural stress. It is deterministic and source-backed, not a credit rating.