Vergennes Panton Water District, VT
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Vergennes Panton Water District
Vergennes Panton Water District serves about 5,100 people through 2,140 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Addison County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005010; phone on file: 802-377-1038. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Vergennes Panton Water District is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
How Vergennes Panton Water District 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. Vergennes Panton Water District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 27th percentile in Vermont and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Addison County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Vergennes Panton Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Middlebury Water Dept | 9,379 | 8.6 ppb |
| Tri Town Water District | 3,800 | 2.6 ppb |
| Bristol Water Dept | 2,103 | 1.2 ppb |
| East Middlebury Fd 1 | 642 | 1 ppb |
| Starksboro Village Water Coop | 350 | 0.5 ppb |
| Lazy Brook Mhp | 205 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookside Mhp | 135 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whiting Water Corp | 61 | 0.6 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Vergennes Panton Water District'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 Vergennes Panton Water District 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.