Metals · 2008

Lead in Addison County Home Health and Hospice, VT tap water

Approaching the federal limit· 0.9× the limit

Addison County Home Health and Hospice, VT's 2008 Lead level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (0.015 mg/L Action level) — measured but not in violation.

The measurement

StatisticValue
90th percentile
At the tap
0.013 mg/L

Verbatim from Addison County Home Health and Hospice, VT's 2008 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Lead

A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures.

There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.

People also ask

+Is there Lead in Addison County Home Health and Hospice, VT tap water?

Yes — Addison County Home Health and Hospice, VT's 2008 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 0.013 mg/L. Addison County Home Health and Hospice, VT's 2008 Lead level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (0.015 mg/L Action level) — measured but not in violation.

+What's the federal limit for Lead in drinking water?

The federal Action level for Lead is 0.015 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Lead?

A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures. There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.

+Where does this Lead measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2008 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Addison County Home Health and Hospice, VT water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/vt/addison-county-home-health-and-hospice/2008/source.

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