Brodnax, Town Of, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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
Brodnax, Town Of serves about 317 people through 192 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Brunswick County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA5025120; phone on file: 434-729-3191. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brodnax, Town Of is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 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. Brodnax, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 25th percentile in Virginia and the 19th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Brunswick County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brodnax, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceville, Town Of | 4,806 | 2.54 ppb |
| Brunswick Ida - North | 1,035 | 4.37 ppb |
| Alberta, Town Of | 300 | 8.54 ppb |
| Siouan Shores | 95 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pleasant Grove Subdivision | 85 | 2.45 ppb |
| Brunswick Estates | 70 | 1.9 ppb |
| Nottoway Acres Subdivision | 58 | 4.69 ppb |
| Lane View Subdivision | 39 | 1.49 ppb |
| Sunnybrook Subdivision | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Brodnax, Town Of'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 Brodnax, Town Of 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.