Elkton, Town Of, VA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.82 ppb (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. 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
Elkton, Town Of serves about 2,595 people through 1,345 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 groundwater, in Rockingham County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA2165270; phone on file: 540-298-1951. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 7.88 ppb from 10.7 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Elkton, Town Of is 10.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.82 ppb |
| 2023 | 10.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 9.54 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. Elkton, Town Of's 2.82 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Virginia and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share Rockingham County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Elkton, 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 |
| Dayton, Town Of | 1,700 | 2.7 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 |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Elkton, 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 Elkton, 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.