North Hero Water System, VT
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
About North Hero Water System
North Hero Water System serves about 2,750 people through 577 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Grand Isle County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0020562; phone on file: 802-378-5163. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Hero Water System is 1.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.6 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. North Hero Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 26th percentile in Vermont and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Grand Isle County
6 other systems share Grand Isle County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Hero Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Isle Consolidated Water District | 1,600 | 2.8 ppb |
| Grand Isle Fire District 4 | 1,078 | 6.3 ppb |
| South Hero Fire District 4 | 760 | 3.4 ppb |
| Alburgh Village Water System | 576 | 2.2 ppb |
| South Alburgh Fire District 2 | 300 | 0.6 ppb |
| Alburgh Fire District 1 | 87 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for North Hero, VT
Look up your address in North Hero Water System'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 North Hero Water System 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.