What's in RUTLAND CITY WATER DEPT's water?
RUTLAND CITY WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 18,500, over 6,121 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
26 total violations and 25 health-based ones put RUTLAND CITY WATER DEPT at the 94th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 718 of 12,903.
How RUTLAND CITY WATER DEPT compares within VT
RUTLAND CITY WATER DEPT's 25 health-based violations sit above the VT average of 5.2, across 51 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for RUTLAND CITY WATER DEPT is from 2012-01-01 (health-based: 2012-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RUTLAND CITY 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
RUTLAND CITY 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 26 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.