Rhode Island

Water Systems

The reports below display the different types of water system usage in Rhode Island for the year 2008.

Total Number of Systems

System Type	Number of Systems
CWS	85
NTNCWS	78
TNCWS	316

How Rhode Island Compares to Other States

• Rhode Island ranked 50th in CWS Systems with 85 total CWS Systems in 2008. The average for all states was 993 CWS Systems.



• Rhode Island ranked 41st in NTNCWS Systems with 78 total NTNCWS Systems in 2008. The average for all states was 360 NTNCWS Systems.



• Rhode Island ranked 40th in TNCWS Systems with 316 total TNCWS Systems in 2008. The average for all states was 1,646 TNCWS Systems.

Total Number of Systems Expressed as Percentage

The results in the charts above represent the total number of each water system type. The chart below displays the same data, but expressed as total percentage of overall water systems.

Total Population Served

System Type	Population Served
CWS	991,863
NTNCWS	27,763
TNCWS	54,859

How Rhode Island Compares to Other States

• Rhode Island ranked 41st in total population served by CWS Systems with 991,863 people served in 2008. The average for all states was 5,598,611 people served by CWS Systems.



• Rhode Island ranked 40th in total population served by NTNCWS Systems with 27,763 people served in 2008. The average for all states was 115,668 people served by NTNCWS Systems.



• Rhode Island ranked 37th in total population served by TNCWS Systems with 54,859 people served in 2008. The average for all states was 265,594 people served by TNCWS Systems.

Total Population Served Expressed as Percentage

The results in the charts above represent the total population served broken down by type of water system. The chart below displays the same data, but expressed as total percentage of overall population served.