Lazy Brook Mhp, VT
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Lazy Brook Mhp serves about 205 people through 81 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Addison County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005007; phone on file: 802-349-7137. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lazy Brook Mhp's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lazy Brook Mhp is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Lazy Brook Mhp 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. Lazy Brook Mhp's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 17th percentile in Vermont and the 15th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Addison County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lazy Brook Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Middlebury Water Dept | 9,379 | 8.6 ppb |
| Vergennes Panton Water District | 5,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tri Town Water District | 3,800 | 2.6 ppb |
| Bristol Water Dept | 2,103 | 1.2 ppb |
| East Middlebury Fd 1 | 642 | 1 ppb |
| Starksboro Village Water Coop | 350 | 0.5 ppb |
| Brookside Mhp | 135 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whiting Water Corp | 61 | 0.6 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Lazy Brook Mhp's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Lazy Brook Mhp 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.