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State offices will not be accepting water samples for the drinking water courier on Thursday October 8th, Friday, October 9th, or Monday October 12th. 

The Vermont Department of Health Laboratory will be closed on Friday, October 9th, for professional development day and Monday October 12th, 2026, in observation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Samples will not be accepted on these days. Please plan your water testing accordingly.

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Drinking Water and Radon Testing (for the public)  

 

See Water and Radon Test Instruction Sheets and Prices

 

Water and Radon Test Kits
Instructions Sheets - How To Sample Your WaterPrice
IA - Trace Metals & Fluoride (Regulated Systems)$125
IA - Trace Metals & Fluoride (Homeowners)$125
A - Coliform/E. coli (Homeowners)$14
AA - Coliform/E. coli (Regulated Systems)$14
NU - Coliform/E. coli (Total)$15
AG - Coliform/E. coli (Irrigation Water)$15
LT - E. coli from source water (Regulated Systems)$15
DC - Coliform/E. coli (Private Water)(Childcare/School)$14
SW - Coliform/E.coli for Recreation Water$15
C - Inorganic Chemicals (Homeowners)$100
IB - Lead and Copper (Homeowners and Regulated Water)$20
ID - Inorganic Chemicals (Some Permitted Systems)$90
ID - Inorganic Chemicals (Homeowners)$90
AN - Anions (Chloride, Fluoride, Nitrate, Nitrite, Sulfate)(Homeowners)$50
AN - Anions (Chloride, Fluoride, Nitrate, Nitrite, Sulfate)(Regulated Water)$50
N3N2 - Nitrate and Nitrite (Homeowners)$24
N3N2 - Nitrate and Nitrite (Regulated Water)$24
RA - Gross Alpha in Water$45
RC - Radon in Water$25
RF - Radon in Air-Short Term$50
RF - Radon in Air-Short Term (blank field)$50
RG - Radon in Air-Medium Term$25
RH - Radon in Air-Long Term$25
RU - Uranium in Water$25
OA - Volatile Organic Chemicals (Chlorinated systems)$120
OA - Volatile Organic Chemicals (Non-chlorinated systems)$120
OB - Trihalomethanes$120
OK - Haloacetic Acids$150
SOC Group - Synthetic Organic Chemicals Group (OL, OE, OG, OH)$630
OL - Semi-Volatile Chemicals and Pesticides$250
OE - Herbicides in Water$200
OG - Carbamate Pesticides$100
OH - Ethylenedibromide and Dibromochloropropane$80
OP - Pentachlorophenol$75
Individual Inorganic Tests$10-25
Miscellaneous Test for Homeownerscall for information
OAC - Odor, Alkalinity & Residual Chlorine (Homeowners)call for information
Homeowner's Testing Package$159

 

 

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Clinical Testing (for health care providers) 

 

See Clinical Specimen Instruction Sheets

Clinical Tests

Instruction SheetsKit NamesOther Forms
Antibiotic-Resistant OrganismsKit 4 
Avian Influenza - H5N1Kit 9-AH5 
Blood LeadBlood Lead-Blood Lead Test Requisition
-Blood Lead Testing Supplies
-How to Collect Blood Lead Capillary Specimens
Bordetella pertussis (Whooping Cough)Kit 5 
Brucella Antibody Kit 13 & 14 
EntericKit 1 
Chlamydia and GonorrheaKit 7 
Hepatitis B/C Kit 13 & 14 
HIV SerumKit 13 & 14 
InfluenzaKit 9 
Measles PCRKit 11 
Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella IgGKit 13 & 14 
Monkeypox Virus (Mpox) / Non-Variola Orthopox (NVO)NVO 
Mycobacteria and MycologyKit 6 
ParasitologyKit 2 
Quantiferon-TB Gold PlusKit 10 
Syphilis RPR/FTAKit 13 & 14 

 

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Rabies Testing (with approval)

All rabies testing requests must be pre-approved by Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Call 802-863-7240 or 1-800-640-4374 (available 24/7) for approval, then complete the Request for Examination form and read the Shipping and Instruction Sheet. A copy of the VDHL shipping form should be used when using your own packaging.

You can order tests by:

  • Phone:  call 802-338-4724 or 800-660-9997 (toll-free in Vermont)
  • Mail:  download one of the order forms below and mail it to the Lab

  • Fax:  download one of the order forms below and fax it to 802-338-4706

    New!  For water and radon test kits only, you can order through our online webstore. 

Important Links

Water and Radon Drop-Off Locations
Clinical Test Request Form (Micro 220)
Blood Lead Test Requisition Form
Free Radon in Water Kit Form

Water and Radon Test Kit Webstore

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