Home/ Directory/ VT/ BURLINGTON DEPT PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIV

Water system · PWSID VT0005053

BURLINGTON DEPT PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIV

BURLINGTON, VT · ~42,000 people served

Check your exact address → BURLINGTON overview
100
Excellent
PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

VT0005053

State

Vermont

City

BURLINGTON

Population served

42,000

Primary source

Surface water

Score history

No change since tracking began Jun 18, 2026.

Jun 18, 2026 · score 100 Jun 18, 2026 · score 100

2 score updates logged since tracking began Jun 18, 2026. Each future EPA re-score adds a point.

PFAS & contaminant readings

No PFAS detections are on record for this system from EPA’s UCMR5 monitoring (2023–25). Absence of a detection isn’t a guarantee — not every system was sampled, and this dataset doesn’t cover other contaminants.

Violations & enforcement

3

Violations on record

0

Unaddressed

0

Health-based

9

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement Jul 2021. Official EPA record →

Monitoring & reporting · Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) began Apr 2020 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · Haloacetic acids (HAA5) began Apr 2020 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · Nitrate began Jan 2005 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

  • State action · SIF Jul 2021
  • State action · SOX Aug 2020
  • State action · SFJ Jul 2020
  • State action · SIE Jul 2020
  • State action · SOX Jan 2012
  • State action · SIF Jun 2006
  • State action · SO8 Jul 2005
  • State action · SIE Jun 2005

Area water-quality monitoring

Environmental monitoring (rivers, wells, intakes) recorded in this system’s service area in the EPA/USGS Water Quality Portal since 2018 — source/ambient water, not finished tap water. Context for the watershed, not a reading from your tap.

ContaminantMedian · max · samples

Nitrate

1 station · latest Oct 2021

0.273 · max 0.339 mg/l as N · 10

Manganese

5 stations · latest Jul 2025

114 · max 338 ug/L · 9

Arsenic

3 stations · latest Jul 2025

0.72 · max 1.8 ug/L · 5

Atrazine

1 station · latest Oct 2021

18 · max 38.2 ng/l · 4

Copper

3 stations · latest Jul 2025

8.95 · max 11.8 ug/L · 4

Uranium

3 stations · latest Jul 2025

0.395 · max 1.1 ug/L · 4

Lead

1 station · latest Jul 2025

0.325 · max 0.41 ug/L · 2

Source: Water Quality Portal (EPA/USGS/state agencies). Values are as-reported and aren’t health thresholds.

This profile is built from EPA public records for system VT0005053 — SDWIS violations and UCMR5 PFAS sampling. The score is system-level and can’t account for your home’s plumbing (older pipes can add lead at the tap). For health decisions, check your exact address, read the utility’s Consumer Confidence Report, and confirm with your provider.