CHESTER WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
CHESTER WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,200 people get their water from it, across 560 connections.
CHESTER WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CHESTER WATER DEPT ranks 7,283th by violation burden (44th percentile) - 85 violations total, 1 health-based.
How CHESTER WATER DEPT compares within VT
VT's 51 covered systems average 5.2 health-based violations each; CHESTER WATER DEPT carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CHESTER WATER DEPT is from 2022-01-04 (health-based: 2007-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CHESTER WATER DEPT's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
CHESTER WATER DEPT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and CHESTER WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,283th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.