Is Manchester Water Dept Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Bennington

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2018-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2018-07-01

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Copper	150.5 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 210 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2014–2017
Nitrate	1000 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	36/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	5.68 µg/L 38% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 9 µg/L	25/40	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0020 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	21/21	LCR	2026
Bromodichloromethane	3.96 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.1 µg/L	8/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.5 µg/L No EPA limit set	8/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	5.485 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.8 µg/L	8/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.59 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.8 µg/L	8/12	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	13.915 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 14.3 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.4630 pCi/L 9.3% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/2	SYR4	2015–2017

93 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBariumBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDibromoacetic AcidDichloroacetic AcidDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: MURPHY, SCOTT
Phone: 802-362-1313
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Manchester Water Dept

Is Manchester Water Dept tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 10 contaminants in Manchester Water Dept's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Manchester Water Dept's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Nitrate, Lead, Lead, Bromodichloromethane, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Manchester Water Dept serve?

Manchester Water Dept reports serving 4,140 people in Vermont, per its EPA record.

Has Manchester Water Dept had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 26 violations on file for Manchester Water Dept, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.