East Berkshire Fire District 1, VT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
East Berkshire Fire District 1 at a glance
East Berkshire Fire District 1 serves about 184 people through 70 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Franklin County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005115; phone on file: 970-456-9364. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Berkshire Fire District 1 is 4.9 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.3 ppb |
How East Berkshire Fire District 1 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. East Berkshire Fire District 1's 0.6 ppb sits at the 34th percentile in Vermont and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Franklin County
21 other systems share Franklin County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Berkshire Fire District 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| St Albans Water Dept | 10,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Swanton Village Water | 4,000 | 5 ppb |
| Enosburg Falls Water System | 1,700 | 2.2 ppb |
| Richford Water System | 1,700 | 1.6 ppb |
| Fairfax Water Dept | 1,550 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montgomery Water System | 530 | 1.6 ppb |
| South Georgia Fire District | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sheldon Water System | 480 | 1 ppb |
| Bakersfield Fire District 1 | 446 | 2 ppb |
| Franklin Water System | 400 | 0.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Enosburg Falls, 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 East Berkshire Fire District 1 whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2000 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.