drinking water - water quality monitoring

Public Water Systems conducting water quality monitoring for constituents under the Safe Drinking Water Act State and State of Vermont Water Supply Rule, Chapter 21, are required to have all samples analyzed by a laboratory certified for drinking water analyses by the Vermont Department of Health.

Lead and copper are metals that can enter drinking water, primarily from plumbing materials. Community and Non-Transient Non-Community public water systems are regulated under the federal Lead and Copper Rule and the Vermont Water Supply Rule that incorporates the federal rule by reference.