St George Community Cooperative, VT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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
St George Community Cooperative serves about 420 people through 120 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Chittenden County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005095; phone on file: 802-777-5704. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
St George Community Cooperative's lead record
That is down 3.1 ppb from 4.2 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for St George Community Cooperative is 5.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 5.2 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. St George Community Cooperative's 1.1 ppb sits at the 44th percentile in Vermont and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
44 other systems share Chittenden County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than St George Community Cooperative. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Burlington Dept Public Works Water Div | 42,000 | 1.4 ppb |
| South Burlington City Water System | 19,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Colchester Water System | 11,299 | 0 (not detected) |
| Essex Town Water System | 9,734 | 0 (not detected) |
| Essex Jct Water Dept | 9,500 | 0.7 ppb |
| Winooski Water Dept | 8,500 | 0.4 ppb |
| Colchester Fire District 2 | 8,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Milton Water Dept | 8,260 | 0 (not detected) |
| Williston Water Dept | 7,259 | 1.2 ppb |
| Shelburne Water Dept | 5,764 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for St George, VT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; St George, 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 St George Community Cooperative 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.