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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS VT0006672

Charleston Elementary School

Operator location West Charleston, Vermont - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 145 people served; 168 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

145
People served (this PWS)
168
EPA violations (this PWS)
28
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Charleston Elementary School standing, high SDWIS violation third

145 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Charleston Elementary School sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (168), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (145; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

168
Total EPA violations on record
17%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
145
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
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
1
County
Orleans
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
28
Monitoring Violations
140
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MCL 28 2015
Coliform (TCR) MR 9 2012
Barium MR 4 2000
Chromium MR 4 2000
Nickel MR 4 2000
Thallium, Total MR 4 2000
Selenium MR 4 2000
Xylenes, Total MR 4 2000
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 2000
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 2000
Vinyl chloride MR 4 2000
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2000
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2000
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 4 2000
Ethylbenzene MR 4 2000
CYANIDE MR 4 2011
Arsenic MR 4 2000
Antimony, Total MR 4 2000
Beryllium, Total MR 4 2000
Tetrachloroethylene MR 4 2000
Styrene MR 4 2000
Toluene MR 4 2000
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 4 2000
Cadmium MR 4 2000
Mercury MR 4 2000
Trichloroethylene MR 4 2000
Benzene MR 4 2000
Carbon tetrachloride MR 4 2000
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2000
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 4 2000

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Charleston Elementary School has 168 recorded EPA violations, 83% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 17% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (28 of 168), 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)

168 Higher than most more violations than 83% 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 Charleston Elementary School

EPA SDWIS lists 145 people served and 1 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

168 violations · 145 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.

4 peers

What to do with Charleston Elementary School

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Vermont compares on the same EPA violation measures. Vermont systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater