169 active public water systems serve 642,123 people in Providence County. 97 are compliant, 72 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 1 is a designated serious violator, and 3 carry a health flag.
Active systems16927 community systems
People served642Kby public water systems
Systems with violations7243% of active systems, past 3 years
Serious violators13 systems carry a health flag
Needs attention
Slatersville Public SupplyRI1615614 · North Smithfield · Community water system · Serves 3,4032 rules violated in the past three years
Bowdish Lake Camping Area, Brown 1 & 2RI2980254 · Glocester · Transient non-community system · Serves 9903 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Revised Total Coliform Rule.
Jemp 1 LLCRI2980323 · Scituate · Community water system · Serves 382 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Lead and Copper Rule and Public Notice Rule and Revised PN Rule.
Foster Senior Housing Inc.RI1858435 · Foster · Community water system · Serves 314 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Revised Total Coliform Rule and Public Notice Rule and Revised PN Rule.
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.
Compliant
Compliant
No violations reported to EPA in the past three years.
At least one violation on record with EPA in the past three years. Many are monitoring or reporting lapses rather than contamination; the system page lists which rules were involved and whether each is still open.
EPA's designation, also called an enforcement priority, for a system with unresolved serious, multiple, or continuing violations. EPA expects the system and its state to act quickly to resolve them.
At least one open health-based violation: an exceedance of a maximum contaminant level or residual disinfectant level, or a treatment technique violation. Monitoring and reporting lapses do not raise this flag.