Records currently available
Rhode Island record snapshot
These counts describe reviewed records available on Water Quality Lookup. They are not a count of every provider, city, or county in Rhode Island.
Reviewed profiles or limited identity records.
Local entry points, not service-area boundaries.
Guide sources reviewed September 13, 2026.
Cities
Rhode Island city entry points currently available
These Rhode Island city pages are local starting points. City boundaries and water service areas may not match, and more than one provider may serve a city.
Pawtucket
Start with PAWTUCKET WATER SUPPLY BOARD VEOLIA-NA, then confirm the provider for your address.
Open PawtucketEast Providence
Start with EAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF, then confirm the provider for your address.
Open East ProvidenceWesterly
Start with WESTERLY WATER DEPARTMENT, then confirm the provider for your address.
Open WesterlyProvidence
Start with PROVIDENCE-CITY OF, then confirm the provider for your address.
Open ProvidenceWarwick
Start with WARWICK-CITY OF, then confirm the provider for your address.
Open WarwickCranston
Start with PROVIDENCE-CITY OF, then confirm the provider for your address.
Open CranstonView 4 more available cities
Water systems
Rhode Island public water systems currently available
These previews link to reviewed system profiles with identifiers, report-year context, sources, and limitations.
PROVIDENCE-CITY OF
PWSID RI1592024 · Providence and Cranston · Latest reviewed report 2025
View system profileWARWICK-CITY OF
PWSID RI1615627 · Warwick · Latest reviewed report 2025
View system profilePAWTUCKET WATER SUPPLY BOARD VEOLIA-NA
PWSID RI1592021 · Pawtucket · Latest reviewed report 2025
View system profileEAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF
PWSID RI1615610 · East Providence · Latest reviewed report 2025
View system profileWOONSOCKET WATER DIVISION
PWSID RI1559518 · Woonsocket · Latest reviewed report 2025
View system profileNEWPORT-CITY OF
PWSID RI1592010 · Newport · Latest reviewed report 2025
View system profileReport highlights
Three Rhode Island reports with different scopes
Explore our selected report overviews, then open the original utility documents for complete tables. The guide review does not replace the earlier profile or report-review dates.
Pawtucket · 2025 report
Keep the PFAS table and monitoring program attached
Pawtucket's report separates its regulated-substance table, Rhode Island's combined PFAS measure, unregulated substances and UCMR monitoring. A combined measure and an individual compound result are different quantities.
Use the original table labels, dates and footnotes when comparing results. The report's monitoring-program labels are historical context, rather than a current regulatory determination.
East Providence · 2025 report
Keep the result type and sample period visible
East Providence presents regulated contaminants, lead and copper, and unregulated contaminants in separate sections. Those sections use different measures and comparison rules.
Our overview preserves the selected result labels and notes. The annual report's source, flushing and service-line information describes the document's scope; it does not identify an individual property's current tap conditions.
Warwick · 2025 report
Choose Warwick or Potowomut before reading the table
Warwick's report includes separate tables labeled Warwick 1615627 and Warwick–Potowomut 1900051. Our Warwick overview follows the Warwick table; the Potowomut rows belong to a different system.
The report also makes a combined historical statement about the two systems. That statement is not a current advisory or compliance finding for a property.
Continue your Rhode Island lookup
Use the system directory, a plain-language guide, or the methodology page for the next step.
System directory
Rhode Island public water systems
Browse the reviewed system profiles currently available for this state.
Browse systemsLookup guide
How to look up your drinking water system
Start with a utility bill, PWSID, state lookup tool, or official report so you can find the public water system behind a city or provider name.
Read the lookup guideReport guide
How to read a water quality report
A plain-English walkthrough of Consumer Confidence Reports, including report years, detected contaminants, legal limits, violations, and source notes.
Read the report guideData and trust
Sources, methodology, and limitations
See how records are sourced, reviewed, dated, and limited before using a summary.
Review methodologyStatewide context
How Rhode Island organizes its water records
Oversight
RIDOH maintains public-system monitoring and notification guidance
Rhode Island Department of Health's public drinking-water program reviews system sampling, source and treatment information, and public-notification requirements. Community suppliers provide annual Consumer Confidence Reports that can be requested from the provider.
Private wells follow a separate owner-testing pathway. A public-system report cannot describe a neighboring well.
Source assessments
A watershed assessment is a different kind of record
RIDOH and the University of Rhode Island have assessed the sources of public water supplies. The state says the assessments were first conducted in 2003 and are being gradually refreshed; their summaries describe geology and watersheds.
Check the individual assessment's date and system before using it. A source assessment does not establish current sample results, a present supply configuration or a service boundary.
Record scope
A notice, a pipe inventory and a water test answer different questions
RIDOH provides separate destinations for drinking-water advisories, service-line inventory information and PFAS monitoring context. Annual utility reports provide another view with their own reporting periods.
Read the record type and date first. A material classification describes a pipe; a sample measures water at a time and place; a notice gives instructions for its specified scope.
Official lookup
Find the right Rhode Island drinking-water record
System identity
Use the provider and exact PWSID
RIDOH links its public Drinking Water Viewer for official system information. Warwick's existing system ID is RI1615627; the nearby Potowomut table in the utility's report uses a different system number.
Confirm your provider using a bill or by contacting the utility. A city name or shared report does not establish which system serves a property.
The viewer warns that state data can be delayed. An absent record is not a finding about current conditions or notice status.
- Confirm the provider name and PWSID using your bill or the provider.
- In the viewer Search Hub, enter RI1615627 in Water System ID and choose Search.
- Match WARWICK-CITY OF and RI1615627 in the result, then open the system ID.
- Choose the record category you need; keep sample records, schedules, service-line inventory and violations separate.
Report discovery
Use the utility archive when you need the annual document
RIDOH's consumer guidance says annual reports can be requested directly from the water supplier; larger suppliers also publish them online. Use the provider archive and confirm the report year and the PWSID printed in the document.
Warwick's current archive links its 2025 report through a newer website address. A moved file should be checked against the report identity and content, rather than assumed to be a new reporting year.
Official tools
Rhode Island resources for the next question
Advisories
Distinguish ongoing notices from recently lifted notices
RIDOH's consumer emergency page describes a table containing ongoing and recently lifted drinking-water notices. It tells readers to use the Type of Notice link for the relevant guidance.
Confirm the provider, affected area and notice dates, then follow the applicable official instructions and subsequent updates. The notice type matters; annual reports and an absent search result do not establish whether instructions apply to your property.
Lead and service lines
Use the inventory for pipe material and the provider for clarification
RIDOH links an online map for initial service-line inventory results. Its guidance says public water systems inspect lines and directs questions about that process to the provider.
Ask the provider about missing or unclear classifications and the portions of the line recorded. A material inventory is separate from a household water test; this page does not perform an address lookup or determine replacement eligibility.
PFAS
Keep state guidance separate from the report's historical table
RIDOH's PFAS page links the Drinking Water Viewer and separate information about the state's monitoring program. Utility reports can present combined measures and individual compounds in different tables and sampling periods.
Check the exact system, compound or sum, sample date and units. Use the applicable dated official guidance for a regulatory question; an older report's table category or missing entry does not settle current compliance.
Private wells
Use the recommended tests and ask about local concerns
RIDOH's well-testing guidance separates routine tests from additional testing based on local conditions and past problems. It also provides guidance for interpreting laboratory reports.
Its certified-laboratory page includes laboratories serving individuals as well as public systems. Confirm the specific analyses, sample acceptance and collection instructions before testing; the state's listing does not guarantee every service or turnaround time.
Provider assistance
Request the report or explanation that is missing
Ask the provider for a specific reporting year, an accessible copy, or an explanation of a source or sample label you cannot resolve. Confirm which alerts and communication channels apply to your service.
RIDOH's Center for Drinking Water Quality provides a program contact path for questions that remain.
Contact RIDOH drinking-water staff →
Common questions
Questions specific to Rhode Island records
Why does the Warwick report have two system tables?
It labels Warwick 1615627 separately from Warwick–Potowomut 1900051. Choose the system that your provider confirms before using its table. The shared document and city name do not make the two records interchangeable.
Why is a lifted notice still on the state's emergency page?
RIDOH says its table includes both ongoing and recently lifted notices. Read the status and date fields and follow the Type of Notice link for the applicable guidance. Presence in the table alone does not mean a notice is still active.
Is the source-water assessment a current test result?
No. RIDOH says its source assessments began in 2003 and are being gradually refreshed. They describe geology and watersheds. Check the assessment's own date and use the appropriate monitoring or notice record for a different question.
Can I compare a combined PFAS value directly with a single compound?
They represent different measures. Pawtucket's report uses separate table headings for a Rhode Island combined PFAS measure and other monitoring results. Keep the table, included compounds, sampling period and units together before making a comparison.
Official sources
Official sources for Rhode Island
Use Rhode Island Department of Health and the official sources below to verify system identity, record dates, and current notices before relying on a summary.
Statewide sources
Rhode Island Department of Health
State data
State data
State data
Consumer reports and source-water assessments (opens official source)
State data
State data
State data
State data
PFAS information and viewer navigation (opens official source)
State data
State data
Certified drinking-water laboratories (opens official source)
PWSID RI1592021 · Sources for this system
Pawtucket Water Supply Board
PWSID RI1615610 · Sources for this system
East Providence Water Utilities
Utility report
Utility website
PWSID RI1615627 · Sources for this system