CHESTER WATER DEPT

CHESTER, VT · ~3,200 people served

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100

Excellent

PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

VT0005318

State

Vermont

City

CHESTER

Population served

3,200

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 May 2023. Official EPA record →

Monitoring & reporting · Nitrate began Apr 2022 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Cyanide began Apr 2022 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 1094 began Jan 2022 Resolved

Monitoring · Lead & Copper Rule began Oct 2021 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Nitrate began Apr 2021 Resolved

Other · EPA contaminant 7000 began Jul 2019 Resolved

Other · EPA contaminant 7000 began Jul 2017 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2977 began Jan 2017 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2976 began Jan 2017 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2979 began Jan 2017 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2969 began Jan 2017 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2955 began Jan 2017 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

State action · SIF May 2023
State action · SIF May 2023
State action · SIF May 2023
State action · SOX Nov 2022
State action · SOX Nov 2022
State action · SO8 Oct 2022
State action · SFJ Oct 2022
State action · SO8 Oct 2022

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

Manganese

3 stations · latest Aug 2025

10.7 · max 27 ug/L · 12

Arsenic

1 station · latest Jul 2025

0.215 · max 0.23 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 VT0005318 — 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.