WELLS RIVER WATER SYSTEM

WELLS RIVER, VT · ~490 people served

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100

Excellent

PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

VT0005176

State

Vermont

City

WELLS RIVER

Population served

490

Primary source

Groundwater

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

Violations on record

Unaddressed

Health-based

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement Dec 2023. Official EPA record →

Other · EPA contaminant 7000 began Jul 2023 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Haloacetic acids (HAA5) began Jan 2020 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Nitrate began Jan 2020 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) began Jan 2020 Resolved

Monitoring · Lead & Copper Rule began Feb 2019 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 0999 began Jan 2019 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2980 began Oct 2018 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2979 began Oct 2018 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2981 began Oct 2018 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2968 began Oct 2018 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2977 began Oct 2018 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2964 began Oct 2018 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

State action · SIC Dec 2023
State action · SFJ Dec 2023
State action · SOX Jul 2023
State action · SOX Aug 2021
State action · SIF Jul 2021
State action · SIF Jul 2021
State action · SIF Dec 2020
State action · SIF Dec 2020

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 Aug 2023

0.131 · max 0.232 mg/l as N · 12

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 VT0005176 — 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.