Sterling Ridge Water, VT
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Sterling Ridge Water at a glance
Sterling Ridge Water serves about 66 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 Washington County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005525; phone on file: 802-496-4760. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 9.2 ppb from 9.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sterling Ridge Water is 11 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 9.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 9.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 11 ppb over 10 |
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. Sterling Ridge Water's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 8th percentile in Vermont and the 6th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
41 other systems share Washington County; 31 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sterling Ridge Water. 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) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Sterling Ridge Water's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Sterling Ridge Water 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.