Is Dorset Community Housing Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
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

381

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-08-01 → 2012-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-08-01 → 2012-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-08-01 → 2012-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-08-01 → 2012-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-08-01 → 2012-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-08-01 → 2012-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-06-01 → 2012-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-06-01 → 2012-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-06-01 → 2012-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-06-01 → 2012-06-30

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
Copper	391 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 400 µg/L	19/20	SYR4	2012–2017
Nitrate	1500 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	16/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0017 mg/L 11% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	12/12	LCR	2023
Lead	5.635 µg/L 38% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 7 µg/L	8/20	SYR4	2012–2017
Chloroform	0.6000 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/2	SYR4	2014–2017

35 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalArsenicBariumBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromodichloromethaneBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneDibromochloromethaneEthylbenzeneFluorideMercurySeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ELIAS, STEPHEN
Phone: 802-367-5245
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Dorset Community Housing

Is Dorset Community Housing tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 5 contaminants in Dorset Community Housing'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 Dorset Community Housing's water?

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

How many people does Dorset Community Housing serve?

Dorset Community Housing reports serving 50 people in Vermont, per its EPA record.

Has Dorset Community Housing had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 381 violations on file for Dorset Community Housing, of which 24 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.