SPRINGFIELD WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
SPRINGFIELD 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: 9,800, over 2,500 connections.
How this compares nationally
3 total violations and 1 health-based ones put SPRINGFIELD WATER DEPT at the 30th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,987 of 12,903.
Against the VT average
SPRINGFIELD WATER DEPT's 1 health-based violations sit within the VT average of 5.2, across 51 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
SPRINGFIELD WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2013-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2013-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
SPRINGFIELD 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 SPRINGFIELD WATER DEPT's record does not cover
SPRINGFIELD 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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for SPRINGFIELD WATER DEPT - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.