Campbell County East System, 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
Campbell County East System serves about 2,505 people through 67 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Campbell County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA5031170; phone on file: 434-239-8654. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Campbell County East System's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Campbell County East System is 1 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 | 1 ppb |
How Campbell County East System compares
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. Campbell County East System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 41st percentile in Virginia and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Campbell County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Campbell County East System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell County Central System | 21,761 | 9.92 ppb |
| Altavista, Town Of | 3,850 | 1.5 ppb |
| Brookneal, Town Of | 1,500 | 2.6 ppb |
| Knoll Woods/Ivy Acres | 360 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rustburg Correctional Unit #9 | 142 | 1.76 ppb |
| Locust Gardens Mhp | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastbrook Mobile Home Court | 56 | 1.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Campbell County East System'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 Campbell County East System 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.