Research snapshot · Water · 31 August 2026

Pfas and contaminants in Vermont: 17 towns on the record, the pace easing

This page is a snapshot, cut 31 August 2026, of a topic that moves. Below is the shape of the movement, read from the towns' own meeting records, and the way to get a view of it that stays current.

Snapshot taken 31 August 2026, based on 33 dated municipal records flagged as pfas and contaminants in Vermont, spanning 17 municipalities. The topic moves; a later cut supersedes this page.

What this page is for one topic at state or national scope, told as a story: how it arrived, the shape of its movement, a dated snapshot of a moving record, and the door to a view of it that stays current. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

The story so far

The record starts in Colchester, 7 August 2023. Since then 17 Vermont towns have put the topic on a meeting record, the newest of them Fair Haven on 26 May 2026.

The last 90 days put 0 meetings on the record, well down from 8 in the 90 days before.

It runs through the rooms where budgets and ordinances are made: Significant Activity Reports, Agendas - and Paradise Park Commission (PPC).

The shape of the movement

Dated meetings on the record at this scope, quarter by quarter, and the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number. Counts of documents, never a reading of what they decided.
QuarterMeetingsTowns
Sep 2025 to Nov 202542
Dec 2025 to Feb 202687
Mar 2026 to May 202685
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 (current)00

a rolling 90-day total, so the right-hand point is that same 90-day count. The busiest stretch was Dec 2025 to Feb 2026, with 8 meetings.

The towns on the record17, earliest first

Every Vermont town carrying the topic, the earliest first, each with its latest document.
Colchesterearliest 2023-08-07 · 1 meeting · latest 2023-08-07 · the document For the Week of August 7, 2023
Hartfordearliest 2023-08-08 · 6 meetings · latest 2025-11-25 · a report Significant Activy Report - November 25, 2025
St. Albans Townearliest 2024-01-17 · 2 meetings · latest 2025-03-17 · the minutes Agendas - Minutes — 3.17.25 Mtg
Northfieldearliest 2024-07-01 · 1 meeting · latest 2024-07-01 · the document July 1, 2024 Grievance Meeting
Derbyearliest 2025-05-22 · 3 meetings · latest 2026-04-27 · the document CCR Report 2025 – VT0020568
South Burlingtonearliest 2025-06-08 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-06-08 · the document Weekly Warning June 8, 2025 - June 14, 2025 (PDF)
Westminsterearliest 2025-08-26 · 7 meetings · latest 2026-04-20 · the document Windham County Lead- Website Inclusion-3
Richmondearliest 2026-01-01 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-01-01 · the document ACF Ecological Trail Design Detailed Field Assessment 20221128
Windsorearliest 2026-01-15 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-02-19 · the minutes Minutes — Paradise Park Commission (PPC)
Jerichoearliest 2026-01-20 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-01-20 · the minutes AgendaCenter minutes
Rutland Townearliest 2026-02-12 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-02-12 · the minutes Highway Committee Minutes 2-12-2026
Burlingtonearliest 2026-02-18 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-02-18 · the minutes Public Works Commission Meeting 2026-02-18 — Minutes
State of VTearliest 2026-02-24 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-02-24 · the document H0911: An act relating to prohibiting PFAS chemicals in pesticides and pesticide packaging
Hinesburgearliest 2026-03-25 · 3 meetings · latest 2026-05-06 · the minutes Minutes — Selectboard
Williamstownearliest 2026-05-21 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-05-21 · the document 2023-water-quality-report-williamstown-vt

And 2 more towns on the record, in an account view.

From the record

The most recent documents behind this page, one per town. Each link opens the town's own file.

26 May 2026 · Fair Haven

the document, on the town's own site CCR

21 May 2026 · Williamstown

the document, on the town's own site 2023-water-quality-report-williamstown-vt

6 May 2026 · Hinesburg Selectboard

the minutes, on the town's own site Minutes — Selectboard

27 April 2026 · Derby

the document, on the town's own site CCR Report 2025 – VT0020568

Companies on this record108 companies, 32 documents

Named in the same documents that carry this topic, read from the record itself: the firms designing, building and advising the work, each with where the record places them:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Derby, Fair Haven, Williamstown
AVCCWestminster
SEVCAWestminster
CentrisysHartford
Champlin AssociatesHartford
GazetteWestminster
40th Army BandColchester
AKD LLC / St Albans DinerSt. Albans Town
America Water Works Association (AWWA)Hartford
Aqua Aerobics Systems, Inc.Hartford
BEECWestminster
Bennington CollegeWestminster
Black Devils Pipe BandColchester
Cartography companyHartford
CCRPCSouth Burlington
Champlain Valley Little LeagueHinesburg
Chittenden County Solid Waste DistrictHartford
Clerk’s OfficeColchester
Creating Habitats, Resilient HartfordHartford
CSWDHinesburg
CVSDHinesburg
CVU athletic field BHinesburg
Development Review BoardColchester
Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection DivisionDerby
EncoreSt. Albans Town
Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC)Hartford
Fair Haven Water DeptFair Haven
Federation of Lakes and PondsWindsor
First Special Service ForceColchester
First Special Service Force AssociationColchester

And 78 more companies.

The documents naming each, and the threads they sit in, are the account view. If one of these is you, those are your projects on the record. Ask and we will show you every one, and the towns around them, as they move.

A snapshot of a moving record

Everything above is frozen at 31 August 2026; the topic is not. 97 more events on this topic carry no usable date and are counted, never dated. The counts follow where we read most: a town or a state absent here was not read at depth, and absence is not evidence the topic is absent there. A lighter-read state is not a ceiling; where you care about a region, pointing the system there is the first thing an account changes. How coverage is built, and its known limits: municipalalpha.com/methodology.

How we can tell you about it ongoing

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Also at this scope: Pfas and contaminants across the country. The site's story on this topic: PFAS Is Spreading Through Municipal Agendas Faster Than Groundwater. Counts and dates are computed from the documents on the record; the topic and its definition are ours. This page carries no subscriber content.

Pfas and contaminants, Vermont

from the towns' own meeting records

Scope

Vermont

every topic this state carries

Area

Water

every topic in this area

Towns on the record

17

with a dated document on this topic

Earliest

7 August 2023

the documents' dates

Meetings, last 90 days

0 against 8 before

dated documents

Snapshot cut

31 August 2026

this page's date

A view that stays current

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