Skip to content
AquaCensus

Public water system · VT0020866

Active

Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus

At a glance

Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus (PWSID VT0020866) is an active transient non-community water system in Addison County, Vermont. It reports serving 400 people through 18 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in July 2006.

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

Population served

400

Service connections

18

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDVT0020866
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served400
Service connections18
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyVT state drinking water program
City servedRipton
StateVermont
ZIP—
CountyAddison County

How does Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus compare with other water systems in Addison County?

By EPA's size categories, Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Addison County has 70 active public water systems. Its population served is about 14% below the county average of 467 people per system, and accounts for 1.2% of the 32,655 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 Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus is about 178% above 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 Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus?

EPA lists Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus 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. 49 of the 70 active systems in Addison County (70%) are also privately owned.

Does Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in July 2006. By type: 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved is Total coliform bacteria (TCR). EPA lists 1 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
2006-07-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved

The one violation in EPA's records.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.

Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus: frequently asked questions

Who runs Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus?

Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus (PWSID VT0020866) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the VT state drinking water program.

How many people does Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus serve?

Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus reports serving 400 people through 18 service connections in Addison County, Vermont.

Where does Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus 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 Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in July 2006. 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 Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus' 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 one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in July 2006. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the VT state drinking water program.

Where can I find Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus' water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus 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 Addison County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Middlebury Water DeptAddison9,379CommunityGroundwater
Vergennes Panton Water DistrictAddison5,100CommunitySurface water
Tri Town Water DistrictAddison3,800CommunitySurface water
Bristol Water DeptAddison2,103CommunityGroundwater
Branbury State ParkAddison963Transient non-communityGroundwater
Kampersville Campground and StoreAddison864Transient non-communityGroundwater

Related pages

Working with water-system records? Pro adds alerts, change history and CSV export ($49/mo); Enterprise adds full national files, the API and an MCP server for AI tools.

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, “Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus, PWSID VT0020866, Vermont”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/vermont/middlebury-college-breadloaf-campus-vt0020866 (data as of October 1, 2026).