Narragansett Water System-Point Judith

Water Quality Snapshot: Narragansett Water System-Point Judith

Narragansett Water System-Point Judith is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 8,210 residents in Narragansett, Rhode Island (Washington County) through 3,532 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 115 total violations for this system , of which 85 (74%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 25 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2025.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is TTHM, recorded in 49 violations (MCL, health-based). This system was sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program and no PFAS compounds were detected above the minimum reporting level.

Across Rhode Island, EPA tracks 463 public water systems serving 1,159,492 people, with 33,766 cumulative violations and 8,949 health-based violations on record. About 96% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 72.9 violations. Statewide, 15 of 29 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (51.7%).

Narragansett Water System-Point Judith's 115 violations sit above the Rhode Island average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.