Dayton, Town Of, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 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.
Dayton, Town Of at a glance
Dayton, Town Of serves about 1,700 people through 672 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 Rockingham County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA2165210; phone on file: 540-879-2241. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (2.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dayton, Town Of is 7.48 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.42 ppb |
| 2017 | 7.48 ppb |
How Dayton, 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. Dayton, Town Of's 2.7 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Virginia and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share Rockingham County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dayton, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Three Springs Regional - Rcpw | 14,834 | 1.28 ppb |
| Bridgewater, Town Of | 6,177 | 2.74 ppb |
| Massanutten Village | 5,472 | 2.33 ppb |
| Broadway, Town Of | 4,015 | 3.74 ppb |
| Grottoes, Town Of | 3,328 | 2.3 ppb |
| Timberville, Town Of | 2,963 | 1.6 ppb |
| Elkton, Town Of | 2,595 | 2.82 ppb |
| Food Processors Water Cooperative, Inc | 1,430 | 0 (not detected) |
| R.R. Donnelley- Rcpw | 1,332 | 9.58 ppb |
| Mount Crawford-Rcpw | 481 | 3.84 ppb |
Next steps for Dayton, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dayton, 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 Dayton, 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.