Whiting Water Corp, VT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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 Whiting Water Corp
Whiting Water Corp serves about 61 people through 24 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Addison County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005012; phone on file: 802-623-6211. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Whiting Water Corp's lead record
That is down 1.5 ppb from 2.1 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Whiting Water Corp is 2.4 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.7 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. Whiting Water Corp's 0.6 ppb sits at the 32nd percentile in Vermont and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Addison County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Whiting Water Corp. 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 |
| Vergennes Panton Water District | 5,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Whiting, 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 Whiting Water Corp 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.