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Trichloroethylene (TCE) violations in Rhode Island

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

Health effects: TCE is classified by EPA as a known human carcinogen (Group A), associated primarily with kidney cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It is also linked to liver cancer and cervical cancer. Prenatal exposure is associated with cardiac defects. Workers at industrial facilities and residents near contaminated groundwater plumes face the greatest risk.

Systems with a Trichloroethylene (TCE) 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 Trichloroethylene (TCE), including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Trichloroethylene (TCE) 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.