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Official source aggregationWater quality in Stowe, VT 05672
Regional hardness evidence, possible serving systems, EPA compliance history, and the measurements that are—and are not—available for Lamoille County.
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- Largest possible serving system
- Stowe Water Dept
- Source water
- Groundwater + Surface water
- County
- Lamoille County
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Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.
Utility hardness unavailable in this index
Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.
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What the current records say
EPA quarter 2026Q2
All possible systems
No active flag
0 active health-based records
Measurements by utility
Each result belongs to a specific system.
Utility match
10 systems
Serves 3,600 people system-wide
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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records
These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.
EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.
Stowe Water Dept
VT0005163 · Groundwater · 3,600 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (2)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0143 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
95% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023
Copper (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 1.8 mg/L
- Action level
- 1.3 mg/L
138% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jul 1, 1993 to Dec 31, 1993
Violation history (0)
No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.
Mountainside Resort
VT0005165 · Groundwater · 240 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0027 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
18% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (9)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 8, 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jun 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Feb 1, 2023 to Feb 28, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jan 1, 2023 to Jan 31, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Dec 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Nov 1, 2021 to Nov 30, 2021 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Aug 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2021 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Jan 1, 2002 |
Notchbrook Condominium
VT0005611 · Surface water · 201 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
0% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (0)
No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.
Mansfield View Water Corp
VT0005385 · Groundwater · 121 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0164 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
109% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (5)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Aug 8, 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Nov 18, 2023 to Feb 12, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Jun 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| E. COLI | Resolved | Apr 18, 2022 to Sep 20, 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2001 |
Stowe Fire District 4
VT0005523 · Groundwater · 120 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0019 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
13% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (0)
No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.
Stowe F D 2 Gold Brook Circle
VT0005168 · Groundwater · 86 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0019 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
13% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Violation history (1)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jun 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024 |
River Road Apartments
VT0005538 · Groundwater · 50 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0067 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
45% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Violation history (4)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | Resolved | Jul 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025 |
| Nitrate | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2023 |
| Radium-226 | Resolved | Apr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021 |
| Radium-228 | Resolved | Apr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021 |
Birch Hill Water System
VT0005650 · Groundwater · 45 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 8.0e-4 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
5% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (3)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| E. COLI | Unaddressed | May 22, 2021 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Unaddressed | Jun 10, 2020 |
| E. COLI | Unaddressed | Dec 31, 2015 |
Covered Bridge Highland
VT0020439 · Groundwater · 40 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0012 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
8% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023
Violation history (22)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| Trichloroethylene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| Benzene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| Styrene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| Ethylbenzene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| Toluene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| Vinyl chloride | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| Xylenes, Total | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Aug 31, 2022 |
Notchbrook Iii
VT0021199 · Groundwater · 39 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (2)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
0% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Copper (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 1.7 mg/L
- Action level
- 1.3 mg/L
131% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2012
Violation history (1)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Aug 31, 2022 |
Hardness estimate unavailable
No responsible local estimate yet
We did not find enough qualifying recent USGS hardness observations within 25 miles of this ZIP centroid. We leave the value blank instead of substituting a state average. Ask the serving utility or test the household tap for a property-specific result.
Evidence-first next steps
Confirm the problem before choosing treatment
This profile can help you ask the right question. It cannot select equipment for a property without a current result from the serving utility or the tap.
Confirm the serving system
ZIP boundaries and utility service areas do not perfectly match. Verify the system on a water bill before relying on system-wide records.
Read the current utility report
A reported action-level record needs context. Check its monitoring period and the utility's current report.
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Ask the utility for hardness or test at the tap. For health concerns, use a certified laboratory and targeted analysis.
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Water questions for Stowe
Is tap water safe in Stowe?+
EPA ECHO shows no active health-based violation for the associated systems in this reporting snapshot. This does not prove every contaminant is absent; federal records can lag and household plumbing can change tap conditions.
How hard is the water?+
Utility-reported hardness is unavailable in this index. Regional samples do not establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.
Do I need a water softener?+
Confirm hardness at your tap and consider actual scale or spotting before choosing treatment. Regional environmental values cannot determine whether you need a softener. A softener addresses hardness, not every contaminant.