Bluefield Valley, WV

No lead results on file with EPA

Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.

Bluefield Valley at a glance

Bluefield Valley serves about 428 people through 171 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Tazewell County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1185062; phone on file: 304-466-5050. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.

What to do in your house

Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; True, WV 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 Bluefield 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. 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.