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What EPA’s and CDC’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
300 people
Connections
1
Water source
Groundwater bought from another system
Based in
Exeter, RI
County
Washington
Owner
State government

The short answer

2 results are above EPA’s legal limit. The worst: Copper, above the action level. 2 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2023 to 2026.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5): Rhode Island’s yearly averages per water system, as CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network publishes them, 2020 to 2023, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit2

Copper

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the action level

3.1ppm

90th percentile, 2026

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 3.1 ppm, above EPA’s action level of 1.3 ppm.

What handles it

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the action level

18.8ppb

90th percentile, 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 18.8 ppb, above EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027, and this result is at or above that. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits2

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

15.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023

2023 average: 9.8 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 15.1 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2023, the latest year on file, it averaged 9.8 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 10.6 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

2.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023

2023 average: 1.5 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.9 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2023, the latest year on file, it averaged 1.5 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.3 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Copper Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Copper, Lead

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Copper Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Copper, Lead

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Lead and Copper RuleA required study or plan for corrosion control was not done on time.EPA: OCCT/SOWT Study/RecommendationMarch 31, 2026—Unaddressed
Lead and Copper RuleA required study or plan for corrosion control was not done on time.EPA: OCCT/SOWT Study/RecommendationAug. 28, 2025—Unaddressed
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 19 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) results here are Rhode Island’s yearly averages as CDC publishes them, from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Exeter Job Corps Center’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; CDC’s yearly averages for Rhode Island cover 2020 to 2023.

Testing your own tap

Exeter Job Corps Center’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Rhode Island certifies.

No lab Rhode Island certifies is within 75 miles of the area Exeter Job Corps Center serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

All 6 certified labs for Rhode Island

Sources

PWSID RI2980475. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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