Washining Lake
Litchfield County, ConnecticutView mapDirections
CT DEEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Washining Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Washining Lake in Litchfield County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 15.5 ft visibility.
Washining Lake is a lake in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2022-10-11. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Washining Lake is good for
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- Clear water15.5 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Washining Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Washining Lake
These are the measurements CT DEEP publishes for Washining Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Crystal clear, you can see 15.5 ft down. TSI 38.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 15.5ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water. | |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 38 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Where is Washining Lake?
- Washining Lake is a lake in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Its water-quality measurements are published by CT DEEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Washining Lake?
- Washining Lake in Litchfield County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 15.5 ft visibility.
Is Washining Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
25 measurements from 2 monitoring stations, 2020–2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS20 samples · 2020–2022 - CT DEEP Volunteer Water Monitoring Program (Volunteer)
CTVOLMON5 samples · 2022
Monitoring station identifiers (2)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.