Public water system record
Brattleboro Water Dept
Serves Brattleboro and West Brattleboro, Windham County, VT · 12,200 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Brattleboro Water Dept in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- Brattleboro Water Dept draws water from 4 surface water intakes.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Vermont, August 1989.
- Record on file since 2014, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1 unknown out of 3,607 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 2014
EPA's records for Brattleboro Water Dept go back to 2014. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Enforcement actions
Vermont regulators issued 6 boil water orders to Brattleboro Water Dept between 1985 and 1989, filed as 7 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a boil water order in August 1989.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 1989 | Vermont | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Jun 1, 1989 | Vermont | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Aug 1, 1988 | Vermont | Boil water order | 2 violations |
| Oct 1, 1987 | Vermont | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| May 1, 1985 | Vermont | Boil water order | 1 violation |
| Apr 1, 1985 | Vermont | Boil water order | 1 violation |
Where the water comes from
Brattleboro Water Dept draws water from 4 surface water intakes. 4 other community water systems and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Brattleboro Water Dept.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Black Mountain Park Brattleboro, VT
- Charette Water System Braintree, VT
- Deepwood Park Braintree, VT
- Glen Park Brattleboro, VT
Annual water quality report
Brattleboro Water Dept 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.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Vermont.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells