Worcester Fire District 1, VT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.8 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. 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.
Worcester Fire District 1 at a glance
Worcester Fire District 1 serves about 350 people through 70 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Washington County, Vermont. EPA system ID: VT0005289; phone on file: 802-557-1037. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Worcester Fire District 1's lead record
That is up 2.2 ppb from 0.6 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Worcester Fire District 1 is 2.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Worcester Fire District 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. Worcester Fire District 1's 2.8 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Vermont and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
41 other systems share Washington County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Worcester Fire District 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Barre City Water System | 14,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montpelier Water System | 8,912 | 2 ppb |
| Edward Farrar Utility District | 6,003 | 2.2 ppb |
| Northfield Water Dept | 5,145 | 5 ppb |
| Mountain Water Company | 2,400 | 1.8 ppb |
| Berlin Municipal Water System | 1,819 | 2 ppb |
| Barre Town Water System | 1,638 | 0 (not detected) |
| Central Vermont Medical Center | 1,528 | 6.1 ppb |
| Plainfield Water System | 985 | 2.6 ppb |
| Graniteville Fire District 4 | 700 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Worcester, VT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Worcester, 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 Worcester Fire District 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. 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.