South Alburgh Fire District 2, VT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 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 South Alburgh Fire District 2
South Alburgh Fire District 2 serves about 300 people through 77 service connections, which makes it a very 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: VT0020964; phone on file: 802-796-3763. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.1 ppb from 1.7 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for South Alburgh Fire District 2 is 6.6 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 6.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 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. South Alburgh Fire District 2's 0.6 ppb sits at the 35th percentile in Vermont and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Grand Isle County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than South Alburgh Fire District 2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North Hero Water System | 2,750 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 |
| Alburgh Fire District 1 | 87 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Alburgh, 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 South Alburgh Fire District 2 whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1400 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.