Clifton Forge Mountain - Bcsa, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Clifton Forge Mountain - Bcsa at a glance
Clifton Forge Mountain - Bcsa serves about 280 people through 112 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 Bath County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA2017135; phone on file: 540-839-7251. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Clifton Forge Mountain - Bcsa is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Clifton Forge Mountain - Bcsa's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 24th percentile in Virginia and the 18th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Bath County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Clifton Forge Mountain - Bcsa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| The Homestead Water Company | 2,058 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bath County Regional - Bcsa | 1,418 | 3.57 ppb |
| Millboro - Bcsa | 690 | 1.51 ppb |
| Ashwood - Bcsa | 500 | 6 ppb |
| Thomastown/Crowdertown/Switchback - Bcsa | 325 | 1.21 ppb |
| Cedar Creek - Bcsa | 243 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Warm Springs, VA
Look up your address in Clifton Forge Mountain - Bcsa'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 Clifton Forge Mountain - Bcsa 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.