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Barre City Water System

Serves Barre, Washington County, VT · 14,000 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Barre City Water System in the last ten years.

  • VT0005254
  • BARRE
  • VT
  • 14,000 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 05641
EPA system ID VT0005254

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Barre City Water System draws water from 3 surface water intakes.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, September 1994.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 3 lead and 2,351 unknown out of 3,141 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Barre City Water System go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 2 0
2000s 0 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began July 2010, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2010 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1993 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1992 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Vermont regulators and EPA took 2 formal enforcement actions against Barre City Water System and issued 5 boil water orders between 1989 and 1994. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in September 1994.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 13, 1994 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Aug 26, 1993 Vermont Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule
May 1, 1993 Vermont Boil water order 1 violation
May 1, 1990 Vermont Boil water order 1 violation
Apr 1, 1990 Vermont Boil water order 1 violation
Aug 6, 1989 Vermont Boil water order 1 violation
May 1, 1989 Vermont Boil water order 1 violation

Where the water comes from

Barre City Water System draws water from 3 surface water intakes. 1 other community water system buys water from Barre City Water System.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Barre City Water System must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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