Bridgewater Mill, VT
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 14.5 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Bridgewater Mill serves about 108 people through 42 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Windsor County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005419; phone on file: 802-370-5833. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Bridgewater Mill's lead record
That is up 12.2 ppb from 2.3 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bridgewater Mill is 14.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 14.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How Bridgewater Mill compares
Of the 372 Vermont systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.4 ppb; 7 are over 15 ppb right now and 65 have gone over at some point. Bridgewater Mill's 14.5 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Vermont and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
38 other systems share Windsor County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Bridgewater Mill. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Springfield Water Dept | 9,800 | 1.6 ppb |
| Hartford Water Dept | 7,600 | 2.4 ppb |
| Chester Water Dept | 3,200 | 2.5 ppb |
| Ludlow Village Water Dept | 2,880 | 1.8 ppb |
| Town Of Woodstock Water Department | 2,473 | 3.5 ppb |
| Windsor Water Dept | 2,350 | 2.7 ppb |
| Quechee Central | 2,262 | 3.2 ppb |
| Bethel Water Dept | 1,929 | 2.5 ppb |
| Jackson Gore Okemo | 1,695 | 0 (not detected) |
| Royalton Fire District 1 | 1,500 | 6.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bridgewater, VT may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Bridgewater Mill whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.