Winhall Stratton F D 1, VT
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Winhall Stratton F D 1 serves about 6,200 people through 2,267 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 groundwater, in Windham County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005305; phone on file: 802-258-0181. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Winhall Stratton F D 1's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (2.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Winhall Stratton F D 1 is 35 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 10 ppb |
| 2022 | 35 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
How Winhall Stratton F D 1 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. Winhall Stratton F D 1's 1.9 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Vermont and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Windham County
42 other systems share Windham County; 20 of them have a higher latest lead result than Winhall Stratton F D 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brattleboro Water Dept | 12,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bellows Falls Water Dept | 4,000 | 1.8 ppb |
| Chimney Hill | 2,594 | 4.6 ppb |
| Town Of Wilmington Water System | 1,400 | 2 ppb |
| Putney Water System | 1,300 | 2.6 ppb |
| Timber Creek Coa Inc | 1,116 | 4.8 ppb |
| Cold Brook Fd Base Area | 761 | 14.3 ppb |
| Cold Brook Fire District 1 | 700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Seasons On Mount Snow | 623 | 1.7 ppb |
| Greensprings | 485 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Stratton Mountain, VT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Stratton Mountain, 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 Winhall Stratton F D 1 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. More in what a past exceedance means today.