Eagle Bay, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.03 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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 Eagle Bay
Eagle Bay serves about 38 people through 21 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in King George County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA6099231; phone on file: 540-850-4744. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.33 ppb from 1.7 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Eagle Bay is 5.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.03 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.34 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.5 ppb |
Against other Virginia systems
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. Eagle Bay's 4.03 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Virginia and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in King George County
10 other systems share King George County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Eagle Bay. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Naval Support Facility, Dahlgren | 11,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Presidential Lakes, Sect. 14 | 951 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pineview Mhp 1-3 | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mcdaniel Mobile Home Park | 147 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hanover Mhp | 146 | 4.94 ppb |
| Chestnut Hill Mobile Home Park | 65 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walnut Grove Mhp | 51 | 0 (not detected) |
| Holiday Inn Mhp | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
| American Historyland Mhp | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
| Princess Anne 301 | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for King George, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; King George, 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 Eagle Bay 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.