Chase City,Town Of, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.21 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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 Chase City,Town Of
Chase City,Town Of serves about 2,242 people through 1,198 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 Mecklenburg County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA5117200; phone on file: 434-372-5136. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Chase City,Town Of's lead record
That is up 2.21 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Chase City,Town Of is 6.83 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.21 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 6.83 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 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. Chase City,Town Of's 2.21 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Virginia and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
22 other systems share Mecklenburg County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Chase City,Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| South Hill, Town Of | 4,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Roanoke River Service Authority | 3,073 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clarksville, Town Of | 1,400 | 2.14 ppb |
| River Ridge | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| La Crosse, Town Of | 850 | 0 (not detected) |
| Foxland Cove | 473 | 3.81 ppb |
| Boydton, Town Of | 430 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buffalo Creek Estates | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Great Creek Landing | 290 | 0 (not detected) |
| Joyceville-Holly Grove | 205 | 2.88 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Chase City, 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 Chase City,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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.