Overview
- City leaders approved $16,000 to hire Acoustic Technology LLC to deploy 10 microphones across West Haven for continuous seven-day monitoring.
- The investigation has not started because the city is waiting for a low-wind, precipitation-free week to capture reliable data.
- Officials suspect an industrial source but have not confirmed it, and months of local readings have not exceeded legal noise limits.
- Residents submitted a petition with over 140 signatures citing disrupted sleep, stress and physical discomfort tied to the hum.
- Experts note low-frequency noise is hard to block and regulate, and analysts will assess whether the sound qualifies as a prominent, discrete tone.