Is BURLINGTON DEPT PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIV's water safe to drink?

BURLINGTON DEPT PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIV's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. It serves 42,000 people through 9,900 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

3 total violations and 0 health-based ones put BURLINGTON DEPT PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIV at the 10th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 11,571 of 12,903.

Against the VT average

VT's 51 covered systems average 5.2 health-based violations each; BURLINGTON DEPT PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIV carries 0, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

BURLINGTON DEPT PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIV's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

What BURLINGTON DEPT PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIV's record does not cover

This is what BURLINGTON DEPT PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIV reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and BURLINGTON DEPT PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIV's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 11,571th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.