Is Stowe Water Dept Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1991-08-01 → 1991-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1991-08-01 → 1991-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1991-08-01 → 1991-08-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-09-30

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	551.5 µg/L 42% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 580 µg/L	20/20	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0143 mg/L 95% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	18/18	LCR	2023
Lead	7.32 µg/L 49% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 8.2 µg/L	17/20	SYR4	2014–2017
Nitrate	660 µg/L 6.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	16/28	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	0.8000 µg/L No EPA limit set	5/10	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.64 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.8 µg/L	5/10	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	3.86 µg/L 4.8% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 4.1 µg/L	4/6	SYR4	2015–2019
Bromoform	1.42 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	3/10	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.7246 pCi/L 14% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 0.7440 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	600 µg/L 6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2012

39 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalArsenicBariumBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChloroformChromiumDichloromethaneDibromoacetic AcidDichloroacetic AcidEthylbenzeneFluorideMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Trichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: SHEPARD, HARRY
Phone: 802-253-8770
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Stowe Water Dept

Is Stowe Water Dept tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 10 contaminants in Stowe 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 Stowe Water Dept's water?

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

How many people does Stowe Water Dept serve?

Stowe Water Dept reports serving 3,600 people in Vermont, per its EPA record.

Has Stowe Water Dept had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 22 violations on file for Stowe Water Dept, of which 3 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.