Vermont Water Testing Laboratory

Status of testing at the vermont health department laboratory effective immediately.

Vermont water testing laboratory.

As the state prioritizes the response to the new coronavirus in vermont the health department laboratory is working to make sure staff are protected against covid 19 so they can continue to perform essential testing. This rule applies to all water systems in vermont which include public water systems bottled water systems non public water systems and privately owned water sources. Our laboratory is accredited by the national environmental laboratory accreditation program nelap for drinking water testing. 980 colby hill lincoln vt 05443 phone.

When there is a threat such as a novel strain of disease a natural disaster a chemical spill or a foodborne outbreak the laboratory is prepared to respond. Find out what you should test. The vermont department of health laboratory vdhl performs testing to monitor vermont s population and environment for threats to public health. The vermont department of health laboratory provides chemical radiological and microbiological analyses for public and private drinking water.

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.