Central Water System, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.52 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Central Water System at a glance
Central Water System serves about 7,864 people through 2,595 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 groundwater, in New Kent County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA4127190; phone on file: 804-966-9625. 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 1.65 ppb from 5.17 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Central Water System is 5.17 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.52 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.17 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 4.57 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.53 ppb |
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. Central Water System's 3.52 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Virginia and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in New Kent County
17 other systems share New Kent County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Central Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| New Kent Courthouse | 3,187 | 2.33 ppb |
| Bottoms Bridge | 2,510 | 2.14 ppb |
| Woodhaven Shores | 1,365 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parham Landing | 561 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Colonies | 548 | 2.57 ppb |
| Wood`S Edge | 488 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rockahock Campgrounds, Inc | 375 | 0 (not detected) |
| Five Lakes No 1 | 360 | 1.39 ppb |
| Cumberland Hospital | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookwood Manor | 230 | 1.53 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Kent, 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 Central Water 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.