Cascade Mountain Resort, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.43 ppb (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. 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.
About Cascade Mountain Resort
Cascade Mountain Resort serves about 145 people through 112 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Carroll County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1035090; phone on file: 276-728-0679. 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 1.02 ppb from 7.45 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cascade Mountain Resort is 7.45 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.43 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.45 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Cascade Mountain Resort 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. Cascade Mountain Resort's 6.43 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Virginia and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Carroll County
9 other systems share Carroll County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Cascade Mountain Resort. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Carroll Regional Water System | 7,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hillsville, Town Of | 2,884 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cana Regional Water System | 1,496 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fancy Gap | 530 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chalet High, Inc | 340 | 13 ppb |
| I-77 Exit 1 | 325 | 0 (not detected) |
| Olde Mill Golf Course | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tower Road | 260 | 6.2 ppb |
| Laurel Meadows Home | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fancy Gap, 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 Cascade Mountain Resort 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.