Community Water System · PWS VT0005002
Bristol Water Dept
Operator location Bristol, Vermont - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 145 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,103 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,103
- People served (this PWS)
- 145
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 11
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Bristol Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
145 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #13,151 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Bristol Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (145), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,103 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #13,151 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #54 of 185
- Population · VT
- 145
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 695
- County
- Addison
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 9
- Monitoring Violations
- 131
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 18 | 2012 |
| Nitrate | MR | 12 | 2006 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 9 | 2014 |
| Arsenic | MR | 8 | 2002 |
| Barium | MR | 8 | 2002 |
| Cadmium | MR | 8 | 2002 |
| Chromium | MR | 8 | 2002 |
| Selenium | MR | 8 | 2002 |
| Nickel | MR | 8 | 2002 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 8 | 2002 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 8 | 2002 |
| Mercury | MR | 8 | 2002 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 8 | 2002 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 2016 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2016 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2016 |
| Fluoride | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2012 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 2 | 1992 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Bristol Water Dept has 145 recorded EPA violations, 80% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 19% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (11 of 145), and it ranks #13,151 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
145 Higher than most more violations than 80% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Bristol Water Dept
145 violations on record for VT0005002; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
145 violations · 2,103 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Bristol Water Dept
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