Exmore, Town Of, VA
Exceeded the action level in the past
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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Exmore, Town Of
Exmore, Town Of serves about 1,500 people through 700 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 Northampton County, Virginia. EPA system ID: VA3131210; phone on file: 757-442-3114. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Exmore, Town Of is 100 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2.41 ppb |
| 2017 | 100 ppb over 15 |
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. Exmore, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 36th percentile in Virginia and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Northampton County
9 other systems share Northampton County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Exmore, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Charles, Town Of | 1,342 | 2 ppb |
| Eastville, Town Of | 800 | 4.03 ppb |
| Bayview | 160 | 3.27 ppb |
| Kiptopeke Inn | 159 | 3.1 ppb |
| Holiday Acres Mobile Home Park | 80 | 5.05 ppb |
| Northampton County Government Complex | 64 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arlington Plantation | 45 | 2.04 ppb |
| Stanley Mobile Home Park - South | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stanley Mobile Home Park - North | 27 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Exmore, VA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Exmore, 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 Exmore, 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.