Castlewood - Rcpsa, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Castlewood - Rcpsa serves about 5,565 people through 1,827 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Russell County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1167050; phone on file: 276-385-8668. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Castlewood - Rcpsa is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Castlewood - Rcpsa 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. Castlewood - Rcpsa's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 44th percentile in Virginia and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Russell County
13 other systems share Russell County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Castlewood - Rcpsa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lebanon, Town Of | 3,458 | 0 (not detected) |
| Swords Creek - Rcpsa | 3,233 | 0 (not detected) |
| Honaker, Town Of | 2,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Belfast - Rcpsa | 1,575 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hansonville - Rcpsa | 1,048 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Garden/Finney - Rcpsa | 375 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cleveland, Town Of | 340 | 1.23 ppb |
| Wallace Manor | 223 | 2.55 ppb |
| Appalachian Detention Center | 140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fincastle Estates - Rcpsa | 113 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Castlewood - Rcpsa'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 Castlewood - Rcpsa 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.