Is ESSEX JCT WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?

ESSEX JCT WATER DEPT's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. Population served: 9,500, over 3,300 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

2 total violations and 0 health-based ones put ESSEX JCT WATER DEPT at the 7th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 11,993 of 12,903.

How ESSEX JCT WATER DEPT compares within VT

Among the 51 VT systems in this dataset, the average is 5.2 health-based violations - ESSEX JCT WATER DEPT's 0 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for ESSEX JCT WATER DEPT is from 2025-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

What this data is and is not

This is what ESSEX JCT WATER DEPT 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 2 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.