East Thetford Water Co, VT
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
East Thetford Water Co at a glance
East Thetford Water Co serves about 250 people through 41 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Orange County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005184; phone on file: 802-785-2019. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Thetford Water Co is 26.3 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 6.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 26.3 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 3.5 ppb |
How East Thetford Water Co 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 Thetford Water Co's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in Vermont and the 17th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Orange County
17 other systems share Orange County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Thetford Water Co. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Randolph Village | 2,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bradford Village Water System | 1,512 | 3.1 ppb |
| Randolph Center Water System | 1,138 | 1.5 ppb |
| Williamstown Water Dept | 985 | 2.7 ppb |
| Fairlee Town Water | 967 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wells River Water System | 490 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newbury Village Inc | 480 | 1.6 ppb |
| Chelsea Water System | 450 | 5.6 ppb |
| Mobile Acres Mhp | 252 | 0 (not detected) |
| Washington Fire District | 170 | 0.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; East Thetford, 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 Thetford Water Co whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1500 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.