Bland Correctional Center, 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.
Bland Correctional Center at a glance
Bland Correctional Center serves about 750 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws surface water, in Bland County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1021046; phone on file: 434-983-4013. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.04 ppb from 2.04 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bland Correctional Center is 3.45 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2.04 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.45 ppb |
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. Bland Correctional Center's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in Virginia and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Bland County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Bland Correctional Center. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Gap/Bastian Regional | 985 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bland Community Water System | 490 | 1.8 ppb |
| Deer Run Water Company, Inc | 41 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Dilwyn, VA
Look up your address in Bland Correctional 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 Bland Correctional 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.