How many water violations are in Orange County?

Orange County has 8,039 total drinking water violations across 70 water systems, of which 1,021 are health-based violations. 92.9% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Orange County systems?

Water systems in Orange County serve approximately 20,735 people through 70 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Orange County water?

No UCMR5 PFAS testing results are in this extract for Orange County water systems.

What types of water sources supply Orange County?

Water systems in Orange County use GW (68 systems), SW (2 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 12.7% of Orange County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Orange County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Orange County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Orange County ranks #1,742 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #12 of 14 counties in Vermont. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Orange County, Vermont

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet VT017 · Orange County 70 sys · 8,039 viol · #1742/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-MOST

VIOL-SEVERE 92.9% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 12.7% health
RANK-MID #1742/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
SRC-GW GW lead 97%
SYS-MID 70 systems
BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Bennington County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Orange County ranks #1,742 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #12 of 14 counties in Vermont. See methodology · corpus placement.

Orange County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.9% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 12.7% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Orange County . Population served ranks #1,742 of 3,254 · #12 of 14 in Vermont.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Randolph Village	2,700	241	-
Bradford Village Water System	1,512	519	-
Randolph Center Water System	1,138	70	-
Williamstown Water Dept	985	77	-
Fairlee Town Water	967	21	-
Randolph Sb Rest Area	783	15	-
My Place Hotel	675	0	-
Blue Mountain Usd 21	600	175	-
Abel Mountain Campground	510	43	-
Wells River Water System	490	268	-
Newbury Village Inc	480	487	-
Thetford Academy	475	160	-
Chelsea Water System	450	53	-
Thetford Elementary School	400	19	-
Brookfield Elementary	400	24	-
Waits River Valley School	360	65	-
Rest N Nest Campground	354	80	-
Thompson Hill Campground & Country Store	354	67	-
Lake Champagne Campground	312	0	-
Farnsworth Camp	306	114	-
Limehurst Lake Campground	294	13	-
Lochearn Camp	275	10	-
Mobile Acres MHP	252	581	-
East Thetford Water Co	250	102	-
Our Lady of the Angels Church	250	0	-
Braintree Elementary School	225	310	-
Camp Akeela	220	64	-
Tunbridge Central School	220	122	-
Lanakila Hulbert	220	6	-
Butterfly Kisses Child Care Center	211	344	-
Aloha Girls Camp	200	3	-
Aloha Hive Camp	186	2	-
Orange Center School	183	29	-
Westshire Elementary School	183	82	-
Newton Elementary School	180	210	-
Camp Billings	177	38	-
Allis State Park	172	10	-
Washington Fire District	170	141	-
Farwell Camp	165	22	-
Gifford Medical Kingwood Building	162	242	-
Ohana Camp	155	4	-
P&h Truckstop Inc	150	17	-
Pompanoosuc Mills	150	36	-
Orange County Parent Child Center	150	0	-
Cedar Circle Farm & Education Center	140	0	-
Vermont State Grange Center	125	37	-
Thetford Water Coop Inc	115	371	-
Vermont Castings Foundry	110	159	-
Aloha Middlebrook Campus	100	5	-
Catamount-Malone	100	240	-

Compare beyond Vermont

Mid-flagged peers for Orange County

Cross-state counties nearest Orange County on flagged-system share (92.9%) and cumulative violation count (8,039). 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

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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