Proctor Water Dept, VT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.3 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Proctor Water Dept serves about 2,000 people through 801 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 groundwater, in Rutland County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005228; phone on file: 802-459-3333. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (5.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Proctor Water Dept is 11.4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 11.4 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 5.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 7 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. Proctor Water Dept's 4.3 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Vermont and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
49 other systems share Rutland County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Proctor Water Dept. 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 |
| 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 |
| Sunrise Community Water System | 829 | 3.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Proctor, 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 Proctor Water Dept 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.