Parsons Hill Partnership, 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.
Who runs the water here
Parsons Hill Partnership serves about 32 people through 12 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Rutland County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005584; phone on file: 802-496-5544. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Parsons Hill Partnership's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Parsons Hill Partnership is 2500 ppb across 18 monitoring periods, 5 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 33 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 20.5 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 8 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 6.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 22.3 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 2500 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 19 ppb over 15 |
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. Parsons Hill Partnership's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 1st percentile in Vermont and the 1st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Rutland County
49 other systems share Rutland County; 39 of them have a higher latest lead result than Parsons Hill Partnership. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rutland City Water Dept | 18,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brandon Fire District 1 | 3,963 | 2.2 ppb |
| Fair Haven Water Dept | 3,076 | 2.4 ppb |
| Poultney Water Dept | 2,400 | 2.5 ppb |
| West Rutland Town | 2,400 | 2.2 ppb |
| Proctor Water Dept | 2,000 | 4.3 ppb |
| Castleton Fire District 1 | 1,940 | 1.5 ppb |
| Pittsford Florence Water Dept | 1,652 | 1.4 ppb |
| Mountain Green Condominium | 1,300 | 4.9 ppb |
| Wallingford Fire District 1 | 956 | 4.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Waitsfield, 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 Parsons Hill Partnership 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.