Vermont tap water
0 of 34 Vermont water systems with full PFAS testing (0%) averaged above a 2024 federal PFAS level at one or more sampling points.
- 404 active community water systems in the EPA file; 31 serve 3,300+ people and have a full PFAS set.
- 50 systems had at least one health-based violation since 2021-10-26.
- 3 systems report a lead 90th percentile above 15 ppb (some results are old; check each system page).
Largest systems
| System | People served | PFAS above a 2024 level? | Health-based violations since 2021-10-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington dept Public Works Water Div | 42,000 | No | 0 |
| South Burlington City Water System | 19,500 | No | 0 |
| Rutland City Water dept | 18,500 | No | 0 |
| Barre City Water System | 14,000 | No | 0 |
| Bennington Water dept | 13,250 | No | 0 |
| Brattleboro Water dept | 12,200 | No | 0 |
| St Albans Water dept | 10,200 | No | 1 |
| Springfield Water dept | 9,800 | No | 0 |
All 1 utilities with a page in Vermont
Why not "the state's water quality"? You drink from one utility, not a state. Rollups count systems, not people, so one large utility counts the same as a small one. Use the system pages for your actual water.
Not medical or legal advice. UCMR 5 results are screening data, not compliance determinations.
Sources and freshness
Public-water-system facts, violations and lead/copper results: EPA ECHO SDWA download (SDWIS snapshot 2026-10-13). PFAS and lithium results: EPA UCMR 5 final data (sampling 2023–2025). Both are U.S. government works, downloaded 2026-10-26. Numbers are computed by the published method; the same fields are in the open data files.