BELLOWS FALLS WATER DEPT

BELLOWS FALLS, VT · ~4,000 people served

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100

Excellent

PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

VT0005298

State

Vermont

City

BELLOWS FALLS

Population served

4,000

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

Violations on record

Unaddressed

Health-based

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement Feb 2016. Official EPA record →

Max contaminant level (MCL) · Total coliform health-based began Aug 2015 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Total coliform began Feb 2011 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 0999 began Jan 2011 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Haloacetic acids (HAA5) began Apr 2003 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

State action · SOX Feb 2016
State action · SIE Aug 2015
State action · SFJ Aug 2015
State action · SOX Nov 2012
State action · SOX May 2012
State action · SIF Apr 2011
State action · SIF Apr 2011
State action · SIE Mar 2011

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

0.143 · max 0.247 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 VT0005298 — 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.