Arlington Plantation, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.04 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Arlington Plantation
Arlington Plantation serves about 45 people through 24 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Northampton County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA3131008. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is down 5.23 ppb from 7.27 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Arlington Plantation is 7.27 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.04 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.27 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Arlington Plantation 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. Arlington Plantation's 2.04 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Virginia and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Northampton County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Arlington Plantation. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Exmore, Town Of | 1,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cape Charles, Town Of | 1,342 | 2 ppb |
| Eastville, Town Of | 800 | 4.03 ppb |
| Bayview | 160 | 3.27 ppb |
| Kiptopeke Inn | 159 | 3.1 ppb |
| Holiday Acres Mobile Home Park | 80 | 5.05 ppb |
| Northampton County Government Complex | 64 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stanley Mobile Home Park - South | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stanley Mobile Home Park - North | 27 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cape Charles, VA may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Arlington Plantation 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.