West Wind Water System, VT
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 25.6 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. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
West Wind Water System serves about 64 people through 25 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Chittenden County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005557; phone on file: 802-343-1851. 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 up 25.6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for West Wind Water System is 25.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 25.6 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.6 ppb |
Against other Vermont systems
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. West Wind Water System's 25.6 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Vermont and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
44 other systems share Chittenden County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than West Wind Water System. 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 Charlotte, VT
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask West Wind Water System 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.