State rankings
Rhode Island water-system rankings
Lowest-scoring systems in Rhode Island
Ranked lowest score first. Population shown for context.
1 UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND KINGSTON, RI · ~19,354 served 50 2 WESTERLY WATER DEPARTMENT WESTERLY, RI · ~35,298 served 53 3 NORTH KINGSTOWN TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI · ~27,732 served 59 4 CUMBERLAND, TOWN OF CUMBERLAND, RI · ~21,235 served 70 5 KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY WEST GREENWICH, RI · ~88,779 served 77 6 KINGSTON WATER DISTRICT WEST KINGSTON, RI · ~3,968 served 78 7 SOUTH KINGSTOWN-SOUTH SHORE WAKEFIELD, RI · ~6,170 served 79 8 WOONSOCKET WATER DIVISION WOONSOCKET, RI · ~45,828 served 81 9 NARRAGANSETT WATER DEPT-NORTH END NARRAGANSETT, RI · ~4,432 served 82 10 FALL BROOK MOBILE HOME PARK PROVIDENCE, RI · ~98 served 85 11 NORTH TIVERTON FIRE DISTRICT TIVERTON, RI · ~8,969 served 92 12 PROVIDENCE-CITY OF PROVIDENCE, RI · ~333,142 served 100 13 PAWTUCKET WATER SUPPLY BOARD VEOLIA-NA PAWTUCKET, RI · ~98,130 served 100 14 WARWICK-CITY OF WARWICK, RI · ~73,289 served 100 15 BRISTOL COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY WARREN, RI · ~49,000 served 100 16 EAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE, RI · ~47,618 served 100 17 NEWPORT-CITY OF NEWPORT, RI · ~42,155 served 100 18 VEOLIA WATER WAKEFIELD RHODE ISLAND INC WAKEFIELD, RI · ~22,347 served 100 19 LINCOLN WATER COMMISSION LINCOLN, RI · ~21,664 served 100 20 PORTSMOUTH WATER & FIRE DISTRICT PORTSMOUTH, RI · ~17,090 served 100 21 BLOCK ISLAND WATER COMPANY BLOCK ISLAND, RI · ~9,999 served 100 22 CNE - NEW LONDON TURNPIKE ENTRY POINT WARWICK, RI · ~9,999 served 100 23 GREENVILLE WATER DISTRICT GREENVILLE, RI · ~9,500 served 100 24 SMITHFIELD WATER SUPPLY BOARD SMITHFIELD, RI · ~9,460 served 100 25 NARRAGANSETT WATER SYSTEM-POINT JUDITH NARRAGANSETT, RI · ~8,210 served 100
Highest-scoring large systems in Rhode Island
Systems serving 10,000+ people with the best scores.
1 PROVIDENCE-CITY OF PROVIDENCE, RI · ~333,142 served 100 2 PAWTUCKET WATER SUPPLY BOARD VEOLIA-NA PAWTUCKET, RI · ~98,130 served 100 3 WARWICK-CITY OF WARWICK, RI · ~73,289 served 100 4 BRISTOL COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY WARREN, RI · ~49,000 served 100 5 EAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE, RI · ~47,618 served 100 6 NEWPORT-CITY OF NEWPORT, RI · ~42,155 served 100 7 VEOLIA WATER WAKEFIELD RHODE ISLAND INC WAKEFIELD, RI · ~22,347 served 100 8 LINCOLN WATER COMMISSION LINCOLN, RI · ~21,664 served 100
Scores reflect EPA public records (violations, enforcement, PFAS), are system-level, and can’t account for your home’s plumbing. See the methodology.