Sandy Pines Mhp, VT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 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.
About Sandy Pines Mhp
Sandy Pines Mhp serves about 100 people through 56 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Washington County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005267; phone on file: 802-828-1183. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sandy Pines Mhp is 5 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
How Sandy Pines 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. Sandy Pines Mhp's 1.2 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in Vermont and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
41 other systems share Washington County; 24 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sandy Pines Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Barre City Water System | 14,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montpelier Water System | 8,912 | 2 ppb |
| Edward Farrar Utility District | 6,003 | 2.2 ppb |
| Northfield Water Dept | 5,145 | 5 ppb |
| Mountain Water Company | 2,400 | 1.8 ppb |
| Berlin Municipal Water System | 1,819 | 2 ppb |
| Barre Town Water System | 1,638 | 0 (not detected) |
| Central Vermont Medical Center | 1,528 | 6.1 ppb |
| Plainfield Water System | 985 | 2.6 ppb |
| Graniteville Fire District 4 | 700 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Montpelier, VT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Montpelier, 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 Sandy Pines 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.