Is Bennington College Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Private
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
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30

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
Chloroform	58.45 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 67.3 µg/L	31/31	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	59.8 µg/L 75% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 68.5 µg/L	31/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	57.85 µg/L 96% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 73.8 µg/L	31/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	29.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 46.7 µg/L	31/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	285 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 370 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	1.52 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.8 µg/L	29/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	23.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.9 µg/L	25/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0026 mg/L 17% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	22/22	LCR	2025
Lead	8.22 µg/L 55% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 11.3 µg/L	12/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	7 µg/L No EPA limit set	5/31	SYR4	2012–2019

4 contaminants tested, none detected

BromoformDibromoacetic AcidDibromochloromethaneMonobromoacetic Acid

Utility contact

Contact: KWASNIAK, ANGEL
Phone: 802-440-4586
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Bennington College

Is Bennington College tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 10 contaminants in Bennington College'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 Bennington College's water?

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

How many people does Bennington College serve?

Bennington College reports serving 1,000 people in Vermont, per its EPA record.

Has Bennington College had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 43 violations on file for Bennington College, 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.