Cyanobacteria (Blue Green Algae)

Practice - Process for Managing Algal Toxin Detections In Finished Water Samples for Public Water Systems  (PDF)

Guidance - Suggestions for Public Water Suppliers Regarding Assessing the Results of Weekly Lake-Wide Cyanobacteria Monitoring Program   (PDF)

Water Quality Division-Cyanobacteria in Vermont (How to Identify and Report Bloom)

Vermont Department of Health Blue Green Algae Information

Lake Champlain Weekly Status Report

Disinfection of Drinking Water

Below are links to a number of sites and documents that provide information on disinfection, and more specifically on chloramination, of public water supplies.

Links:

Fact Sheet: Summary of Chloramination (4 pages, 90KB PDF)

Health Department Offers Expanded Information on Monochloramine: Press Release

EPA’s Information about Chloramine in Drinking Water

Vermont Water Supply Division Symposium on Drinking Water- Presentations:

• Alternative Secondary Disinfectants: Advantages and Disadvantages
• Reducing Disinfection By-Products: Cambridge, MA Case Study
• Development of the Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection By-Products Rule
• Evaluating Options Using the Simultaneous Compliance Manual-St. Johnsbury, VT
• Primary Disinfectants in Drinking Water: Alternatives & Their Characteristics
• Risks from Disinfection By-Products Produced by Chlorine, Chloramine, and Chlorine Dioxide
• Waterborne Organisms and Disease: The Need for Disinfection

Annual Compliance Reports

2010

Annual Compliance Report  47 pages PDF

              2009

              Annual Compliance Report   45 pages PDF

              2008

              Annual Compliance Report 48 pages PDF

              2007

              Annual Compliance Report 56 pages PDF

2006

Annual Compliance Report 82 pages PDF

2005

Annual Compliance Report 81 pages PDF

2004

Annual Compliance Report 51 pages PDF

2003

Annual Compliance Report 53 pages PDF

 

On-line at EPA
Water system violations are also now available on EPA's website "Envirofacts" located at: www.epa.gov/enviro/index.html
Check out your system's record. If you feel the data is in error, contact the Vermont Water Supply Division at 802-241-3405.