Appalachian Detention Center, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Appalachian Detention Center serves about 140 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws surface water, in Russell County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1167015; phone on file: 434-983-4013. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 3.05 ppb from 3.05 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Appalachian Detention Center is 4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 3.05 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
How Appalachian Detention Center compares
Of the 996 Virginia systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 59 have gone over at some point. Appalachian Detention Center's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 17th percentile in Virginia and the 12th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Russell County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Appalachian Detention Center. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Castlewood - Rcpsa | 5,565 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lebanon, Town Of | 3,458 | 0 (not detected) |
| Swords Creek - Rcpsa | 3,233 | 0 (not detected) |
| Honaker, Town Of | 2,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Belfast - Rcpsa | 1,575 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hansonville - Rcpsa | 1,048 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Garden/Finney - Rcpsa | 375 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cleveland, Town Of | 340 | 1.23 ppb |
| Wallace Manor | 223 | 2.55 ppb |
| Fincastle Estates - Rcpsa | 113 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Appalachian Detention Center's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Appalachian Detention Center whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.