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Rhode Island Tap Water Quality by City

EPA UCMR5 PFAS monitoring, MCL / guideline flags, and WaterCheckup grades for 1 cities in Rhode Island. "At Risk" means at least one UCMR analyte flagged above an EPA limit or a regulated PFAS violation on record for that system. "Monitor" means no such flag in UCMR data, but the city profile is medium or high concern. "Safe" means no exceedance flags and a low-concern city profile (still not a guarantee for every tap).

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Cities tracked
1
At Risk
Exceeds EPA limit / violation
0
Safe
No flag, low profile
0
Monitor
No flag, watch profile
Highest PFAS reading in Rhode Island: Providence37 ppt (9× the EPA limit for PFOA/PFOS)
TOP CONTAMINANTS IN RHODE ISLAND (UCMR5)

Five most common UCMR analytes with detections (>0) in our tracked Rhode Island cities — each city counted once per compound.

1.PFBS1 city
2.PFPeA1 city
3.PFOA1 city
4.PFHxA1 city
5.PFHpA1 city
RHODE ISLAND CITIES BY POPULATION
CITYGRADECONTAMINANTS ABOVE LIMITPOPULATION
Providence
Providence Water Supply Board
FAT RISK11 MCL violation180K
COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND

County-level grades roll up every WaterCheckup city we map into the same county (via USPS city–county reference data).

Providence County1 city · Grade F
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ABOUT WATER QUALITY IN RHODE ISLAND

Rhode Island water quality varies by city and water system. UCMR5 reports PFAS and related analytes; the "above limit" column uses the EPA-limit flags bundled with each analyte in our dataset (same basis as city pages). Here, 1 of 1 tracked cities show at least one such flag or a regulated violation count.

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