Union Water Co, VT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Union Water Co
Union Water Co serves about 61 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Orange County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005182; phone on file: 802-281-9470. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Union Water Co's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (2.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Union Water Co is 2.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.6 ppb |
How Union Water Co 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. Union Water Co's 2.7 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Vermont and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
17 other systems share Orange County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Union Water Co. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Randolph Village | 2,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bradford Village Water System | 1,512 | 3.1 ppb |
| Randolph Center Water System | 1,138 | 1.5 ppb |
| Williamstown Water Dept | 985 | 2.7 ppb |
| Fairlee Town Water | 967 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wells River Water System | 490 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newbury Village Inc | 480 | 1.6 ppb |
| Chelsea Water System | 450 | 5.6 ppb |
| Mobile Acres Mhp | 252 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Thetford Water Co | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Thetford Ctr, 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 Union Water Co 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.