Rhode Island
Newport County drinking water quality
44 active public water systems serve 94,159 people in Newport County. 27 are compliant, 17 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 1 carries a health flag.
Needs attention
Community water systems
13 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Newport-City of Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth |
42,155 | 2 | 0 | |
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Portsmouth Water & Fire District Portsmouth |
17,090 | 0 | 0 | |
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North Tiverton Fire District Tiverton |
8,969 | 0 | 0 | |
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Naval Station, Newport Newport |
7,870 | 0 | 0 | |
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Jamestown Water Department Jamestown |
3,348 | 2 | 0 | |
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Tiverton Water Authority, Town Hall Tiverton |
3,213 | 0 | 0 | |
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Stone Bridge Fire District Tiverton |
2,793 | 5 | 1 | |
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Prudence Island Water District Portsmouth |
1,500 | 4 | 0 | |
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United States Navy -Fort Adams Newport |
320 | 1 | 0 | |
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Meadowlark, Inc. Middletown |
183 | 0 | 0 | |
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Heritage Park Home Co-Operative Tiverton |
60 | 1 | 0 | |
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Four Seasons MHP Co-Op Assn. Tiverton |
40 | 0 | 0 | |
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Lawrence Sunset Cove Association Tiverton |
36 | 0 | 0 |
Non-community systems (31: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
Inactive systems (60, no longer operating or reporting)
Kept for the record and excluded from the county totals above. Browse inactive systems.
About this data
Totals cover active systems. Systems serving more than one county are counted in each county. EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several.
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. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.