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Updated 2026-09-16
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Vermont Water Quality: 8 Cities Ranked by the Records

Water quality across 8 cities in Vermont, drawn from EPA drinking-water records. Each city page shows the measured contaminants and a reproducible Purity Score.

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What Vermont's records show

Counts of cities whose serving system reported each result. There is no statewide score: PurityMap does not average local records into a statewide safety verdict.

PFAS above a 2024 limit

MCL

0of 8 cities

Cities whose system reported a PFAS above its federal limit.

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City rankings

Vermont cities ranked by the records

Highest first. A summary of each serving system’s record, not a safety verdict.

  1. 1
    South BurlingtonSOUTH BURLINGTON CITY WATER SYSTEM · VT0005091
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  2. 2
    RutlandRUTLAND CITY WATER DEPT · VT0005229
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  3. 3
    BarreBARRE CITY WATER SYSTEM · VT0005254
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  4. 4
    ColchesterCOLCHESTER WATER SYSTEM · VT0021810
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  5. 5
    BrattleboroBRATTLEBORO WATER DEPT · VT0005290
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  6. 6
    Burlington DivBURLINGTON DEPT PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIV · VT0005053
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  7. 7
    BenningtonBENNINGTON WATER DEPT · VT0005016
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  8. 8
    St. AlbansST ALBANS WATER DEPT · VT0005130
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Showing the top 8 of 8 scored cities.

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8 cities, highest Purity Score first

  1. 1South Burlington
    SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY WATER SYSTEM · PWSID VT0005091 · Purity Score 100/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detectedNot detected
  2. 2Rutland
    RUTLAND CITY WATER DEPT · PWSID VT0005229 · Purity Score 100/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detectedNot detected
  3. 3Barre
    BARRE CITY WATER SYSTEM · PWSID VT0005254 · Purity Score 100/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detectedNot detected
  4. 4Colchester
    COLCHESTER WATER SYSTEM · PWSID VT0021810 · Purity Score 100/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: low · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detectedNot detected
  5. 5Brattleboro
    BRATTLEBORO WATER DEPT · PWSID VT0005290 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 0.6 µg/LDetected
  6. 6Burlington Div
    BURLINGTON DEPT PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIV · PWSID VT0005053 · Purity Score 98/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1.4 µg/LDetected
  7. 7Bennington
    BENNINGTON WATER DEPT · PWSID VT0005016 · Purity Score 85/100 (Good) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 13.2 µg/LDetected
  8. 8St. Albans
    ST ALBANS WATER DEPT · PWSID VT0005130 · Purity Score 74/100 (Fair) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detectedNot detected
End of list.

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no state score. The score is computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record, so this ranks the record, not which city's water is safest. How the score works. See how Vermont compares with other states.

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How does Vermont tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 8 cities in Vermont by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record. Scores belong to water systems, not to cities. The highest published score is South Burlington's main water system: SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY WATER SYSTEM · PWSID VT0005091 · Purity Score 100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level. The ranking compares the records, not which city's water is safest, and your own tap can differ with household plumbing.

How many Vermont cities have PFAS above the federal limit?

None of the 8 Vermont cities on record had a regulated PFAS above the 2024 federal limit in EPA's UCMR 5 testing. PFAS were detected below the limit in 0.

Is there lead in Vermont tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 3 of 8 Vermont cities reported a value above zero, and none was above the 15 µg/L federal action level. Lead usually comes from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.

Limits, sources and corrections

A statewide page cannot tell you what reaches a specific address. Water quality varies by supplier, sampling period and household plumbing; open a city report for the evidence behind a local result.

Sources: EPA UCMR 5 (PFAS, 2024), SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule 90th-percentile results and health-based violations, and utility Consumer Confidence Reports where on file. Every city report links its dated source records.

Updated 2026-09-16. How PurityMap analyzes water data · Report an error