Is Shaftsbury Water Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
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
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-05-01 → 2022-05-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-05-01 → 2022-05-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-05-01 → 2022-05-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-05-01 → 2022-05-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31

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
Bromodichloromethane	1.3 µg/L No EPA limit set	33/33	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	52.6 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 74.5 µg/L	33/33	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	24.66 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 42.9 µg/L	33/33	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	53.74 µg/L 67% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 75.8 µg/L	33/33	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	54.72 µg/L 91% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 89.8 µg/L	33/33	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	26.58 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 35 µg/L	33/33	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	324.5 µg/L 25% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 770 µg/L	22/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	19/19	LCR	2024
Lead	15 µg/L 100% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L	12/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Monochloroacetic Acid	11.56 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.9 µg/L	3/33	SYR4	2012–2019

4 contaminants tested, none detected

BromoformDibromoacetic AcidDibromochloromethaneMonobromoacetic Acid

Utility contact

Contact: BRACE (AC), JOSHUA A
Phone: 802-375-5621
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Shaftsbury Water

Is Shaftsbury Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 10 contaminants in Shaftsbury Water'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 Shaftsbury Water's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dichloroacetic Acid, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Shaftsbury Water serve?

Shaftsbury Water reports serving 950 people in Vermont, per its EPA record.

Has Shaftsbury Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 42 violations on file for Shaftsbury Water, 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.