Bedford Hills, 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.
Who runs the water here
Bedford Hills serves about 58 people through 22 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Albemarle County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA2003150; phone on file: 434-202-1852. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 4.56 ppb from 4.56 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bedford Hills is 4.56 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 4.56 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.81 ppb |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Bedford Hills's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 6th percentile in Virginia and the 5th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Albemarle County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bedford Hills. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Acsa Urban Area | 77,408 | 0 (not detected) |
| Acsa Crozet | 12,415 | 0 (not detected) |
| Acsa Scottsville | 710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Keswick Estates | 504 | 8 ppb |
| Earlysville Forest | 488 | 0 (not detected) |
| Peacock Hill Subdivision | 475 | 1.35 ppb |
| Miller School | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Acsa Red Hill | 240 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woods Edge Subdivision | 110 | 0 (not detected) |
| Langford Subdivision | 97 | 6.11 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Bedford Hills'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 Bedford Hills 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.