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Carbon Tetrachloride violations in Rhode Island

9 active public water systems in Rhode Island had a Carbon Tetrachloride violation in the past three years, 1 of them in the latest quarter of EPA's data. What Carbon Tetrachloride is and why it matters.

Health effects: Carbon tetrachloride is classified by EPA as a probable human carcinogen (Group B2). Chronic exposure causes liver and kidney damage and is associated with liver cancer in animal studies. Acute high-dose exposure causes severe hepatotoxicity — nausea, vomiting, jaundice, and acute liver failure. Communities near contaminated groundwater plumes and historical industrial sites face the greatest long-term risk.

Systems with a Carbon Tetrachloride violation

Latest quarter first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Wood River Health Services
Hopkinton · Washington County
150 3 0
Westerly Water Department
Westerly · Washington County
35,298 2 0
Prudence Island Water District
Portsmouth · Newport County
1,500 4 0
Wrights Farm Corp.
Burrillville · Providence County
1,125 2 0
Central Beach Fire District
Charlestown · Washington County
470 6 1
Foster Xtra Mart
Foster · Providence County
220 3 0
Bethel Village Water Assn
Hopkinton · Washington County
180 11 1
Chimera INC
Glocester · Providence County
133 3 0
Coventry National Guard
Coventry · Kent County
50 3 2
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Carbon Tetrachloride, including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Carbon Tetrachloride alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Rhode Island records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.