Community Water System · PWS VT0005530

Union House Nursing Home

Barton, Vermont 05822 - drinking water served from groundwater sources to 56 people, tracked in EPA SDWIS and UCMR5.

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

56
People served: 952
EPA violations: 15
Health-based: Untested
UCMR5 result

The verdict

EPA records 952 drinking-water violations at Union House Nursing Home, 2% of them health-based - above the Vermont per-system average.

952
Total EPA violations on record: 2%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure): 56
People served by this system: N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Water Quality Snapshot: Union House Nursing Home

Union House Nursing Home is a private-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 56 residents in Barton, Vermont (Orleans County) through 1 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 952 total violations for this system , of which 15 (2%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 899 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 Coliform (TCR), recorded in 74 violations (MR). This system has not yet been sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, so no PFAS detection data is available here.

Across Vermont, EPA tracks 1,357 public water systems serving 646,999 people, with 153,729 cumulative violations and 16,917 health-based violations on record. About 93% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 113.3 violations. Statewide, 3 of 37 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (8.1%).

Union House Nursing Home's 952 violations sit above the Vermont average.

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

Population Served

Total Violations

952

Health-Based Violations

Water Source

Groundwater

System Details

System Type: Community
Owner Type: Private
Connections: 1
County: Orleans
School/Daycare: No
MCL Violations: 15
Monitoring Violations: 899
Treatment Tech Violations: 0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Coliform (TCR)	MR	74	2016
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	72	2023
Nitrate	MR	46	2020
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	29	2025
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	24	2020
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	24	2020
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	24	2020
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	24	2020
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	24	2020
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	24	2020
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	24	2020
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	24	2020
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	24	2020
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	24	2020
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	24	2020
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	24	2020
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	24	2020
Benzene	MR	24	2020
Styrene	MR	24	2020
Ethylbenzene	MR	24	2020
Xylenes, Total	MR	24	2020
Vinyl chloride	MR	24	2020
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	24	2020
Toluene	MR	24	2020
Trichloroethylene	MR	24	2020
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	15	2015
Radium-226	MR	12	2020
Radium-228	MR	12	2020
CYANIDE	MR	12	2020
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	MR	10	2020

Verify This Water System

The figures above are aggregated from EPA's public databases. To verify the underlying records, or to file a complaint, request a Consumer Confidence Report, or check current monitoring status, go directly to the federal and state regulators that enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act for Union House Nursing Home.

Federal Source of Truth

EPA SDWIS, Federal Reports

EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) holds the federal compliance record for every regulated public water system. Open the system-level report by PWS ID:

View PWS ID VT0005530 on SDWIS

Source: EPA SDWIS Federal Reports Search

State Regulator

Vermont Drinking Water Authority

Vermont's primacy agency administers the Safe Drinking Water Act locally. Search EPA SDWIS for the current state contact, or use the state's public health or environment department portal.

Find VT regulator via EPA SDWIS

Violation Timeline

Each row links to the EPA SDWIS public record for verification. Cross-reference the contaminant code on EPA's federal report to see violation dates, return-to-compliance status, and enforcement actions.

Year (latest)	Contaminant	Category	Count	EPA Record
2025	Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	29	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 7000
2024	Lead and Copper Rule	MR	6	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 5000
2023	Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	72	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 8000
2020	Nitrate	MR	46	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 1040
2020	1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	24	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 2378
2020	cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	24	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 2380
2020	DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	24	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 2964
2020	o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	24	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 2968
2020	p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	24	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 2969
2020	1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	24	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 2977
2020	trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	24	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 2979
2020	1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	24	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 2980
2020	Carbon tetrachloride	MR	24	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 2982
2020	1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	24	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 2983
2020	1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	24	SDWIS / VT0005530 / 2985

How Union House Nursing Home Compares

Cross-reference this system's record against state averages and the federal MCL framework for context.

Metric	Union House Nursing Home	Vermont avg	Federal benchmark
Total violations	952	113.3	SDWA compliance, any non-zero count is a recorded breach
Health-based violations	15	12.5	Indicates a contaminant exceeded a federal MCL
PFAS detection	None	8.1%	EPA final rule (2024): PFOA/PFOS MCL = 4.0 ppt
Population served	56	477	Sizing context for compliance burden

Sources: EPA SDWIS and EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (40 CFR Part 141). State averages computed across 1,357 regulated public water systems in Vermont.

Federal MCL reference, Safe Drinking Water Act thresholds ▼

Contaminant	Federal MCL / Action Level	Note
Lead	0 mg/L (Action Level: 0.015 mg/L)	Lead and Copper Rule treatment technique
Arsenic	0.010 mg/L (10 ppb)	Health-based MCL since 2006
Total Coliform	Treatment technique (RTCR)	Indicator organism, monitoring trigger
PFOA / PFOS (PFAS)	4.0 ppt each (final 2024 rule)	Compliance deadline 2029 (EPA proposed extending to 2031, not yet final as of May 2026)
Nitrate (as N)	10 mg/L	Acute health risk for infants

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Union House Nursing Home water safe to drink? ▼

Union House Nursing Home (PWS ID: VT0005530) has 952 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. This system serves 56 people using Groundwater sources.

How many people does Union House Nursing Home serve? ▼

Union House Nursing Home serves 56 people in Barton, Vermont. It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 1 service connections.

What type of violations does Union House Nursing Home have? ▼

Union House Nursing Home has 952 total violations: 15 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 899 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Has PFAS been detected in Union House Nursing Home water? ▼

No PFAS testing data is available for Union House Nursing Home under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

What water source does Union House Nursing Home use? ▼

Union House Nursing Home uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Where does this data come from? ▼

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Data Sources: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), Q4 2025. This data is provided for informational purposes only.

Read our methodology - 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 Editorial

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This system's figures are rendered directly from EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.