Cleveland, Town Of, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.23 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 Cleveland, Town Of
Cleveland, Town Of serves about 340 people through 105 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Russell County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA1167115; phone on file: 276-889-4365. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Cleveland, Town Of's lead record
That is up 1.23 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cleveland, Town Of is 2.76 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.23 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 2.76 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
How Cleveland, Town Of 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. Cleveland, Town Of's 1.23 ppb sits at the 64th percentile in Virginia and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Russell County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Cleveland, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Castlewood - Rcpsa | 5,565 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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) |
| Wallace Manor | 223 | 2.55 ppb |
| Appalachian Detention Center | 140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fincastle Estates - Rcpsa | 113 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cleveland, 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 Cleveland, 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.