Family Owned & Operated Since 1980
Public water carries an obligation private water does not: someone has to answer for the sample results. Clear Water Filtration works with Vermont municipalities, schools and public facilities on PFAS removal, small system filtration, contaminant remediation and the documentation that keeps a system compliant. We hold multiple government contracts for PFAS treatment in Vermont.
Free Water Assessment Request ServicePublic Water Treatment Since 1980
A town office, an elementary school and a small public water system share a problem private homes do not have: the water serves people who did not choose it and cannot opt out. Treatment has to be documented, monitored and defensible, and the paperwork matters as much as the media.
Most Vermont public buildings are served by small systems rather than large treatment plants, and small systems carry their own regulatory category, their own sampling schedules and their own funding challenges. That is the work we do.
Two forces drive most of what we are called in for. The first is aging infrastructure and legacy contamination - lead in older plumbing, nitrates near agricultural land, uranium and arsenic occurring naturally in Vermont bedrock. The second is PFAS, which is not detectable without certified laboratory analysis.
Our owner, Jen Fleckenstein, serves on the Technical Advisory Committee to the Governor of Vermont on water quality, and we hold multiple government contracts for PFAS treatment. Vermont frequently adopts standards that exceed federal minimums, so knowing where state policy is heading is a practical advantage when you are specifying equipment meant to last.
Where to Go Next
Two pages cover the public side of our work, split by who the water serves. The technology overlaps; the compliance obligations and the funding routes do not.
Town offices, municipal buildings and small public water systems. Covers PFAS and PFOA removal, point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment, iron and manganese, uranium and arsenic removal, lead remediation, nitrate treatment and microplastics filtration, plus system evaluation, capacity analysis and Safe Drinking Water Act compliance support.
Government & MunicipalVermont schools, daycares and public facilities, where the people drinking the water are children and the tolerance for uncertainty is lower. Covers small system filtration, POE and POU treatment, UV disinfection, initial assessment and ongoing monitoring programs, emergency response testing, and help navigating the Vermont Healthy Homes Grant Program.
Schools & Public FacilitiesWhat Public Systems Bring Us
Every one starts the same way: testing that establishes what is present and at what concentration, then a treatment recommendation written against those numbers rather than a general profile of the region.
802-496-5544Installing equipment is the middle of the job, not the end. We support Safe Drinking Water Act requirements and Vermont state standards, set up ongoing monitoring, and respond to emergency testing when a result comes back wrong.
On funding, many Vermont schools and public facilities may qualify for the Vermont Healthy Homes Grant Program, which funds water quality work and lead in particular. We have helped schools through it, from the testing that documents the need to the system design that satisfies program requirements.
School Water Programs
Where We Serve
From our home base in Waitsfield, VT, we provide water treatment services throughout the Green Mountain State. Each community has its own water quality characteristics based on local geology and water sources - and after 45 years, we've tested thousands of wells across Vermont and understand the regional variations that affect which treatment approaches work best.
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Start with an Assessment
The municipal water assessment is free and starts with testing and a system evaluation, not a proposal. You get a clear picture of your water, your capacity and your compliance position, and a recommendation written against those results. If your system is in better shape than you feared, we will tell you so.
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