Baptist Valley, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Baptist Valley at a glance
Baptist Valley serves about 3,857 people through 1,531 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Tazewell County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1185763; phone on file: 276-385-1977. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Baptist Valley's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Baptist Valley is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Virginia systems
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. Baptist Valley's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 42nd percentile in Virginia and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
17 other systems share Tazewell County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Baptist Valley. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bluefield, Town Of | 5,811 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tazewell, Town Of | 5,007 | 6.27 ppb |
| Richlands, Town Of | 4,564 | 0 (not detected) |
| Claypool Hill Tazewell Co Psa | 3,322 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastern Tazewell County | 2,952 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tcpsa - Raven/Doran | 2,644 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedar Bluff, Town Of | 1,400 | 2.69 ppb |
| Falls Mills - Tcpsa | 870 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tcpsa - Gratton | 707 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tcpsa - Jewell Ridge | 605 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for North Tazewell, VA
Look up your address in Baptist Valley'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 Baptist Valley 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.