Is RUTLAND WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
RUTLAND WATER DEPARTMENT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 6,025 people through 1,766 service connections.
RUTLAND WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
RUTLAND WATER DEPARTMENT has 38 violations on record in total, 8 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,368th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 82th percentile nationally.
Against the MA average
RUTLAND WATER DEPARTMENT's 8 health-based violations sit above the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
RUTLAND WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
RUTLAND WATER DEPARTMENT'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
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Tetrachloroethylene
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 RUTLAND WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
This is what RUTLAND WATER DEPARTMENT 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 RUTLAND WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,368th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.