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Bennington County, Vermont

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet VT003 · Bennington County 124 sys · 11,101 viol · #1027/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 12.1% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1027/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 90%
  • SYS-LARGE 124 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Orange County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bennington County ranks #1,027 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #6 of 14 counties in Vermont. See methodology · corpus placement.

Bennington County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 12.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,027 of 3,254 · #6 of 14 in Vermont.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Bennington County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Bennington County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Franklin · lowest Grand Isle · near Orange · near Essex · highest 89% 92.1% 92.3% 92.7% 92.9% 93.5% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Bennington Water Dept 13,250 148 Clean
Bromley Water Company 4,300 43 Clean
Manchester Water Dept 4,140 32 Clean
North Bennington Water Dept 1,700 8 Clean
Arlington Water Dept 1,250 42 -
Bennington College 1,000 37 -
Shaftsbury Water System 950 51 -
Manchester Park House 950 0 -
Southern Vermont Arts Center 881 57 -
Hapgood Pond Campground 754 18 -
Pownal Fire District 2 682 456 -
Emerald Lake State Park 589 4 -
Dorset Fire District 1 530 130 -
Long Trail School 484 20 -
Orvis Company 480 18 -
Camping on the Battenkill 452 95 -
Pownal Elementary School 428 312 -
Woodford State Park 422 18 -
Shaftsbury State Park 412 11 -
Readsboro Town Of 375 276 -
Manchester Country Club 368 227 -
Piper Ridge Condominium 362 177 -
Stamford Elementary School 310 28 -
Vishay Tansitor 300 37 -
100 Mountain View Road Park 290 29 -
Applegate Apartments 273 100 -
Hill Farm Inn Event Barn 262 4 -
Intervale at Stratton 241 572 -
The Old Gray Barn 235 6 -
Pine Hollow Campground 222 64 -
Dorset RV Park 222 26 -
Mack Molding Company 220 88 -
American Legion Post 90 201 56 -
Stamford Valley Golf Course 200 86 -
Kingdom Hall - Bennington 200 0 -
East Dorset Fire District 1 192 107 -
Greenwood Lodge and Campsites 191 4 -
Equinox Resort Lake House 150 31 -
Dorset Elementary School 148 12 -
Lincoln Maples Hardware 135 47 -
Lampman Water System 133 75 -
Pownal Primary Care 132 0 -
Oak Hill Childrens Ctr Pownal Preschool 130 288 -
Lodge at Pinnacle View 128 46 -
Green Apron 126 36 -
White Birches MHP 125 133 -
Dorset Field Club Paddle Tennis 125 4 -
East Dorset Medical Campus 112 0 -
Bromley View Inn 110 110 -
Burr and Burton Academy Mountain Campus 110 136 -

Compare beyond Vermont

Lower-flagged peers for Bennington County

Cross-state counties nearest Bennington County on flagged-system share (92.7%) and cumulative violation count (11,101). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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