COLCHESTER FIRE DISTRICT 2: EPA violation history, explained
COLCHESTER FIRE DISTRICT 2 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 8,300 people get their water from it, across 2,800 connections.
How this compares nationally
COLCHESTER FIRE DISTRICT 2 has 12 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,092th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 37th percentile nationally.
Against the VT average
VT's 51 covered systems average 5.2 health-based violations each; COLCHESTER FIRE DISTRICT 2 carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
COLCHESTER FIRE DISTRICT 2's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2012-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
COLCHESTER FIRE DISTRICT 2'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What COLCHESTER FIRE DISTRICT 2's record does not cover
Everything on this page is COLCHESTER FIRE DISTRICT 2's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 12 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.