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Newport County, Rhode Island

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet RI005 · Newport County 47 sys · 3,746 viol · #603/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 93.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 28.2% health
  • RANK-TOP #603/3254
  • BELOW-PEER 1.1 pp cleaner
  • PFAS-HIGH 80.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 81%
  • SYS-MID 47 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Washington County (+ 1.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Newport County ranks #603 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #4 of 5 counties in Rhode Island. See methodology · corpus placement.

Newport County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 93.6% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 28.2% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 80.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #603 of 3,254 · #4 of 5 in Rhode Island.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Newport County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Newport · this county · lowest Providence · near Kent · near 93.6% 94.7% 96.7% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Newport-City Of 42,155 134 Detected
Portsmouth Water & Fire District 17,090 76 Clean
North Tiverton Fire District 8,969 19 Detected
Naval Station, Newport 7,870 178 Detected
Jamestown Water Department 3,348 116 Detected
Tiverton Water Authority, Town Hall 3,213 28 -
Stone Bridge Fire District 2,793 145 -
Prudence Island Water District 1,500 506 -
Tiverton Rod & Gun Club 1,000 6 -
Brown University Health-Newport Hospital 981 0 -
P. a. Simmons Mercantile An0 500 81 -
Wilbur and McMahon School 458 67 -
Peabodys Beach 400 54 -
Sakonnet Point Club 372 115 -
United States Navy -Fort Adams 320 42 -
Tiverton Four Corners 297 216 -
Hog Island Water Assoc.inc.-North End 275 68 -
Round Meadows Campground 250 77 -
Briggs Beach, Inc. 250 36 -
Sakonnet Golf Club 200 43 -
Sakonnet Early Learning Center, Inc. 200 59 -
Middletown Fop Lodge 21 189 48 -
Meadowlark, Inc. 183 83 -
Victory Chapel Christian Church, Inc 170 59 -
Grays Ice Cream 150 134 -
White Wine Plaza 150 15 -
Barn Restaurant An0 125 69 -
Stonehouse Resort, Inc 108 88 -
Hog Island Water Association-South End 100 84 -
Warrens Point Beach Club, Inc. 100 30 -
Wilbur Store 100 0 -
Commons Lunch, Inc. 96 63 -
R.l.flounders An0 75 87 -
A-1 Pizza 68 30 -
Silveira Kindergarten & Nursery School, 66 33 -
Newport National Golf Club 65 68 -
Heritage Park Home Co-Operative 60 53 -
Seaconnet Point Farm 50 32 -
Prudence Park Water Coop 40 8 -
Four Seasons MHP Co-Op Assn. 40 37 -
Walkers Roadside Stand-Bakery 40 76 -
Lawrence Sunset Cove Association 36 449 -
Smith Village 32 27 -
Delano Island Water Association 25 39 -
Little Compton Wellness Center 25 11 -
Sachuest Point Natl Wildlife Refuge 25 57 -
Amicable Congregational Church 25 0 -

Compare beyond Rhode Island

Mid-flagged peers for Newport County

Cross-state counties nearest Newport County on flagged-system share (93.6%) and cumulative violation count (3,746). 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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