Blue Ridge Community, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.17 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Blue Ridge Community serves about 45 people through 29 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Botetourt County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA2023040; phone on file: 540-977-1029. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Blue Ridge Community's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.51 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Blue Ridge Community is 7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.17 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.51 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.49 ppb |
| 2017 | 7 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. Blue Ridge Community's 2.17 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Virginia and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Botetourt County
25 other systems share Botetourt County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Blue Ridge Community. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain View | 2,773 | 2.27 ppb |
| Rainbow Forest | 1,665 | 1.74 ppb |
| Buchanan, Town Of | 1,220 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fincastle, Town Of | 952 | 0 (not detected) |
| White Oak Estates | 930 | 3.47 ppb |
| Ashley Plantation | 875 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oakwood/Parkview | 630 | 1.13 ppb |
| Troutville, Town Of | 500 | 7.2 ppb |
| Brookfield | 415 | 0 (not detected) |
| Heatherstone/Botetourt Forest | 356 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Blue Ridge, 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 Blue Ridge Community 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.