Is Rutland, VT tap water safe?
The short answer
Rutland City Water Dept serves Rutland. In EPA’s and Vermont’s records it has 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, and no health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 60.8 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.
Water testing near Rutland
The 3 labs Vermont certifies closest to Rutland, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
City of Rutland Water Laboratory
Rutland, VT · under a mile
Certified for bacteria
Vermont Agriculture and Environmental Laboratory
Randolph Center, VT · about 26 miles
Certified for bacteria, PFAS
(802) 585-6073Website: Vermont Agriculture and Environmental Laboratory
Endyne, Inc.
Lebanon, NH · about 34 miles
Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Rutland
Which ZIP codes are in Rutland: 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.
Near Rutland
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Rutland City Water Dept’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water