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High Horses Therapeutic Riding

At a glance

High Horses Therapeutic Riding (PWSID VT0021553) is an active transient non-community water system in Windsor County, Vermont. It reports serving 60 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2026.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

60

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDVT0021553
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served60
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyVT state drinking water program
City servedSharon
StateVermont
ZIP—
CountyWindsor County

How does High Horses Therapeutic Riding compare with other water systems in Windsor County?

By EPA's size categories, High Horses Therapeutic Riding is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Windsor County has 164 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 420 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 68,857 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Vermont, the 1,357 active systems average 477 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so High Horses Therapeutic Riding is about 58% below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Vermont has 699 active transient non-community water systems, 52% of the state's 1,357 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,243 Vermont systems (92%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates High Horses Therapeutic Riding?

EPA lists High Horses Therapeutic Riding as privately owned. The VT state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 125 of the 164 active systems in Windsor County (76%) are also privately owned.

Does High Horses Therapeutic Riding have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2026. The violations listed here began between January 2019 and January 2026. By type: 6 monitoring and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (6 of them). EPA lists 7 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2026-01-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2025-05-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2025-02-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-08-01MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3BRevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2022-10-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2019-10-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2019-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved

All 7 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

High Horses Therapeutic Riding: frequently asked questions

Who runs High Horses Therapeutic Riding?

High Horses Therapeutic Riding (PWSID VT0021553) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the VT state drinking water program.

How many people does High Horses Therapeutic Riding serve?

High Horses Therapeutic Riding reports serving 60 people through 1 service connection in Windsor County, Vermont.

Where does High Horses Therapeutic Riding get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does High Horses Therapeutic Riding have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2026. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is High Horses Therapeutic Riding's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2026. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the VT state drinking water program.

Where can I find High Horses Therapeutic Riding's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. High Horses Therapeutic Riding is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Windsor County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Springfield Water DeptWindsor9,800CommunityGroundwater
Hartford Water DeptWindsor7,600CommunityGroundwater
Chester Water DeptWindsor3,200CommunityGroundwater
Ludlow Village Water DeptWindsor2,880CommunityGroundwater
Town of Woodstock Water DepartmentWindsor2,473CommunityGroundwater
Windsor Water DeptWindsor2,350CommunityGroundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “High Horses Therapeutic Riding, PWSID VT0021553, Vermont”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/vermont/high-horses-therapeutic-riding-vt0021553 (data as of October 1, 2026).