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Washington County, Vermont

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet VT023 · Washington County 127 sys · 15,111 viol · #821/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.3% health
  • RANK-UPPER #821/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 20.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 94%
  • SYS-LARGE 127 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Grand Isle County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Washington County ranks #821 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #5 of 14 counties in Vermont. See methodology · corpus placement.

Washington County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.1% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.3% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 20.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #821 of 3,254 · #5 of 14 in Vermont.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Washington County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Washington 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
Barre City Water System 14,000 48 Clean
Montpelier Water System 8,912 42 Clean
Edward Farrar Utility District 6,003 285 Clean
Northfield Water Dept 5,145 37 Clean
Mountain Water Company 2,400 188 -
Berlin Municipal Water System 1,819 0 -
Barre Town Water System 1,638 36 -
Central Vermont Medical Center 1,528 184 -
Plainfield Water System 985 254 -
Harwood Union High School 975 52 -
Graniteville Fire District 4 700 181 -
Twinfield Usd 33 453 23 -
Goddard College 450 24 -
Waitsfield Water Supply 450 12 -
South Village 445 312 -
Bridges Resort 440 53 -
Mount Ellen Base Lodgesugarbush Ski Res 422 5 -
Little River State Park 392 28 -
Berlin Health Rehabilitation Ctr 378 82 Detected
Websterville Water System 367 523 -
Marshfield Water System 350 477 -
Worcester Fire District 1 350 471 -
Barre Montpelier SDA Church 314 43 -
Crystal Springs Water System 300 732 -
Calais Elementary School 300 56 -
Canadian Club 300 21 -
American Flatbread and Lareau Farm Inn 278 66 -
Mad River Glen Coop 272 17 -
East Montpelier Elementary School 260 9 -
Cabot Town Water System 250 106 -
Club Sugarbush Water System 245 182 -
Warren Municipal Buildings 244 4 -
Mad River Barn Annex Wedding Pavilion 240 4 -
Powderhound Condominium 237 97 -
Warren Elementary School 237 123 -
Fayston Elementary School 235 29 -
Rumney School 225 16 -
Westons Mobile Home Park 218 201 -
6163 Main St LLC 210 69 -
East Calais Fire District 1 200 551 -
Moretown Elementary School 200 8 -
Orchard Valley Waldorf School 200 275 -
McNeil Road Commercial Complex 199 0 -
Sugar Run Association Inc 197 312 -
Roxbury Village School 193 75 -
Barre Country Club 192 63 -
Inn at the Round Barn 186 40 -
Kingdom Hall - Moretown 184 0 -
Big Picture 180 67 -
Agri-Mark Waitsfield 180 277 -

Compare beyond Vermont

Lower-flagged peers for Washington County

Cross-state counties nearest Washington County on flagged-system share (92.1%) and cumulative violation count (15,111). 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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