Colonial Beach, Town Of, VA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Colonial Beach, Town Of
Colonial Beach, Town Of serves about 3,875 people through 2,583 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 Westmoreland County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA4193280; phone on file: 804-224-7181. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Colonial Beach, Town Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Colonial Beach, Town Of is 0.6 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0.6 ppb |
How Colonial Beach, 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. Colonial Beach, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 43rd percentile in Virginia and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Westmoreland County
23 other systems share Westmoreland County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Colonial Beach, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Potomac Westmoreland Shores | 1,743 | 1 ppb |
| Cabin Point And Glebe Harbour | 1,450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stratford Harbour | 1,230 | 2 ppb |
| Montross, Town Of | 1,163 | 0 (not detected) |
| Placid Bay Estates | 946 | 0 (not detected) |
| Berkley Beach - Ebb Tide Beach | 892 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westmoreland County Industrial Park | 802 | 5.88 ppb |
| Monroe Bay Estates | 475 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kinsale, Town Of | 198 | 2.45 ppb |
| Bleak Hall | 143 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Colonial Beach, VA
Look up your address in Colonial Beach, Town Of'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 Colonial Beach, 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.