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Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort

At a glance

Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort (PWSID VT0002159) is an active transient non-community water system in Grand Isle County, Vermont. It reports serving 45 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is surface water, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2013.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Surface water

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDVT0002159

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served45

Service connections1

Primary water sourceSurface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyVT state drinking water program

City servedIsle La Motte

StateVermont

ZIP—

CountyGrand Isle County

How does Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort compare with other water systems in Grand Isle County?

By EPA's size categories, Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Grand Isle County has 27 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 443 people per system, and accounts for 0.4% of the 11,967 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 Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort is well 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. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs. 45 Vermont systems (3.3%) list surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort?

EPA lists Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort 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. 20 of the 27 active systems in Grand Isle County (74%) are also privately owned.

Does Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2013. The violations listed here began between August 1999 and June 2013. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (8 of them). EPA lists 8 as resolved and 4 as archived. 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. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2013-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2013-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2007-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2005-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2005-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2000-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2000-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Archived
2000-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2000-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2000-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
1999-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1999-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent 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.

Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort: frequently asked questions

Who runs Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort?

Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort (PWSID VT0002159) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the VT state drinking water program.

How many people does Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort serve?

Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort reports serving 45 people through 1 service connection in Grand Isle County, Vermont.

Where does Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as surface water. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs.

Does Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2013. 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 Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort'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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2013. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the VT state drinking water program.

Where can I find Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort 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 Grand Isle County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
North Hero Water System	Grand Isle	2,750	Community	Surface water
Grand Isle Consolidated Water District	Grand Isle	1,600	Community	Surface water
Grand Isle Fire District 4	Grand Isle	1,078	Community	Surface water
Apple Island Resort	Grand Isle	900	Transient non-community	Surface water
Alburg Rv Resort	Grand Isle	860	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Goose Point Campground	Grand Isle	802	Transient non-community	Groundwater

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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, “Ruthcliffe Lodge Resort, PWSID VT0002159, Vermont”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/vermont/ruthcliffe-lodge-resort-vt0002159 (data as of October 1, 2026).