Rhodeside Acres, VT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
About Rhodeside Acres
Rhodeside Acres serves about 65 people through 25 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Franklin County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005379; phone on file: 802-782-2143. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Rhodeside Acres's lead record
That is up 4 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rhodeside Acres is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Rhodeside Acres's 5 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Vermont and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Franklin County
21 other systems share Franklin County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Rhodeside Acres. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| St Albans Water Dept | 10,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Swanton Village Water | 4,000 | 5 ppb |
| Enosburg Falls Water System | 1,700 | 2.2 ppb |
| Richford Water System | 1,700 | 1.6 ppb |
| Fairfax Water Dept | 1,550 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montgomery Water System | 530 | 1.6 ppb |
| South Georgia Fire District | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sheldon Water System | 480 | 1 ppb |
| Bakersfield Fire District 1 | 446 | 2 ppb |
| Franklin Water System | 400 | 0.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Milton, 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 Rhodeside Acres 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.