Cobbs Shores, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.38 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Cobbs Shores serves about 83 people through 33 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Mathews County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA4115450; phone on file: 804-749-8868. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Cobbs Shores's lead record
That is up 1.09 ppb from 2.29 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cobbs Shores is 3.38 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.38 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.29 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.58 ppb |
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. Cobbs Shores's 3.38 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Virginia and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Mathews County
5 other systems share Mathews County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Cobbs Shores. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chesapeake Shores | 103 | 3.19 ppb |
| Cricket Hill Apartments | 88 | 0.49 ppb |
| Riverside Convalescent Center | 55 | 1.08 ppb |
| North River Park | 53 | 10.4 ppb |
| Gwynns Island Condo | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rockville, 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 Cobbs Shores 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.