Community Water System · PWS VT0005328
Rochester Water System
Operator location Rochester, Vermont - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 440 people served; 356 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 440
- People served (this PWS)
- 356
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Rochester Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
440 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Rochester Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (356), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (440; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 356
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 440
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- 168
- County
- Windsor
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 6
- Monitoring Violations
- 334
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 21 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 13 | 2015 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 11 | 2019 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 7 | 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2020 |
| Endrin | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| Picloram | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| Atrazine | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| Chlordane | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 6 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Rochester Water System has 356 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 356), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
356 Higher than most more violations than 93% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Rochester Water System
EPA SDWIS lists 440 people served and 168 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
356 violations · 440 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.
What to do with Rochester Water System
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