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Is Bennington, VT tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Bennington, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Vermont’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Bennington has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Vermont’s records.

Bennington Water Dept, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.2 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Bennington’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Bennington Water Dept’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Bennington

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Vermont certifies.

The 3 labs Vermont certifies closest to Bennington, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

All 46 certified labs for Vermont

ZIP codes in Bennington

Which ZIP codes are in Bennington: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Vermont Department of Health, laboratories certified for drinking water analysis; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

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